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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Scott H. Gillis, Concord, MA (US);
Paul Schechter, Dover, MA (US);
Robert E. Burrell, Alberta, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp., Fort Saskatchewan, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61K 31/28 (2006.01); A61K 31/282 (2006.01); A61K 33/24 (2006.01); A61K 33/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Dry powders of metal-containing compounds are disclosed. Methods of preparing and using the dry powders, particularly in the treatment of a subject having a condition, are also disclosed. The metal-containing material can be, for example, an antimicrobial material, an antibacterial material, an anti-inflammatory material, an anti-fungal material, an anti-viral material, an anti-cancer material, a pro-apoptosis material, and/or an MMP modulating material. In certain embodiments, the metal-containing material is an atomically disordered, silver-containing material.