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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:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Andreas Hirsch, Rathsberg, DE;
Uri Sagman, Toronto, CA;
Stephen R. Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
C Sixty Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 (2006.01); C01B 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Compositions and methods for administering a therapeutic agent to a mammal are disclosed. The compositions comprise either (i) vesicles comprising an amphiphilic substituted fullerene, wherein the therapeutic agent is present in the vesicle interior or between layers of the vesicle wall, (ii) a substituted fullerene, comprising a fullerene core and a functional moiety, wherein the therapeutic agent is associated with the substituted fullerene, or (iii) carbon nanotubes, wherein the therapeutic agent is covalently bonded to the carbon nanotubes.