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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:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Rama Akella, Austin, TX (US);
John Ranieri, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Rama Akella, Austin, TX (US);
John Ranieri, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Orthobiologics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/04 (2006.01); C07K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, compositions and devices are disclosed for use in growing new blood vessels to restore or improve blood flow to ischemic tissues and organs of the body. Compositions comprising IGD peptides, particularly GGIGDGG, are able to induce migration in human endothelial cells and promote vessel formation in an in vitro model assay system.