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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2000
Applicants:
Howard Green, Brookline, MA (US);
Bruce J. Compton, Lexington, MA (US);
George D. Corey, Newton, MA (US);
Philippe Djian, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Howard Green, Brookline, MA (US);
Bruce J. Compton, Lexington, MA (US);
George D. Corey, Newton, MA (US);
Philippe Djian, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Pericor Science, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K038/45 ; A61K038/48 ; A61K038/00 ; C12N011/02 ; C07K017/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, products and kits are provided for attaching agents to a body tissue surface via microparticles using endogenous or exogenous transglutaminase. The microparticles have surface available transglutaminase substrate reactive groups. In an embodiment, the groups are part of a polymer containing at least two contiguous linked lysines or at least three contiguous linked glutamines.