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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:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Applicants:
John Kenneth Gibson, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Charles W. Ford, Portage, MI (US);
Paul J. Pagano, Pinckney, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Kenneth Gibson, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Charles W. Ford, Portage, MI (US);
Paul J. Pagano, Pinckney, MI (US);
Assignee:
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for preventing medical device-associated microorganism infection includes the steps of providing a medical device and incorporating an effective amount of an oxazolidinone compound, such as linezolid, into the medical device.