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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Vedrana Stojanovic-susulic, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ramakrishna Venugopalan, Holliston, MA (US);
Mark Cunningham, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Inventors:
Vedrana Stojanovic-Susulic, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ramakrishna Venugopalan, Holliston, MA (US);
Mark Cunningham, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Assignee:
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/34 (2006.01); C07K 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided for suppressing appetite by surgically implanting a drug infusion pump into a site in a subject, and delivering a stable suspension of an appetite suppressing agent a region in a central nervous system of the subject. The appetite suppressing agent binds to a target receptor on a neural cell in the central nervous system and modifies the receptor function to suppress appetite.