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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5720981 | Epidermal cell extracts and method to enhance wound healing and regenerate epidermis This invention provides a composition capable of stimulating growth and regeneration of epidermal cells. The composition comprises an aqueous, cell-free extract derived from epidermal cells.... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5676944 | Ocular therapy with homologous macrophages The treatment of glaucoma and other conditions relating to diseased trabecular meshwork in the eye is effected by administration of macrophages and/or cytokines to the eye. Increased levels of macrophages within the anterior chamber of the eye will at lea... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5670173 | Biodegradable polymer membrane containing hemoglobin for blood substitute The present invention relates to the production of a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer membrane comprising the steps of: a) mixing a polymer selected from the group consisting of polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid and polylactide-co-glycolide with a... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5631246 | Use of PAF The use of platelet-activating factor (PAF) to increase the levels of von Willebrand factor and/or Factor VIII in blood is disclosed. The use of PAF has particular application in the treatment of von Willebrand disease and haemophilia A.... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5612028 | Method of regenerating or replacing cartilage tissue using amniotic cells This invention is based upon the application of amniotic cells--in particular, viable epithelial cells--to clinical procedures including the treatment of diseased or damaged tissues, e.g. in joints denuded of cartilage and vascular grafts. The invention a... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5595742 | Antimicrobial agent for staphylococcus An antimicrobial agent for Staphylococcus comprising an extract of the pileus of Ganoderma lucidum, thereby treating and preventing various infections and inflammations caused by Staphylococcus including Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5591428 | Intestine colonizing lactobacilli A process for isolation of a strain of Lactobacillus having the ability of being established on human intestinal mucosa in vivo and being able to remain therein after oral administration for at least 10 days after the completion of the administration. By ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5587314 | Intestine colonizing lactobacilli A process for isolation of a strain of Lactobacillus having the ability of being established on human intestinal mucosa in vivo and being able to remain therein after oral administration for at least 10 days after the completion of the administration. By ... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5587167 | Pharmaceutical composition for prophylaxis and treatment of premature ejaculation The present invention relates to an ointment composition for prophylaxis and treatment of premature ejaculation in a male patient and more particularly to a composition for applying to the glans penis, which contains the alcohol and/or aqueous extracts of... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5582825 | Therapeutic medicine for cystic fibrosis The object of this invention is to provide a therapeutic medicine for cystic fibrosis. The therapeutic medicine for cystic fibrosis according to this invention contains an alginate lyase capable of lysing the alginate produced by strains of microorganisms... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5578598 | Polyelectrolyte complex antibacterial agent in antibacterial material An antibacterial agent characterized by containing a polyelectrolyte complex prepared by reacting a cationic polymer containing N+ atoms in repeating units thereof and an anionic polymer containing --COO--, --SO3-- | 11/26/1996 |
| 5578326 | Method and an apparatus for preparing tissue repair promoting substances A method for isolating tissue repair promoting substances from human or animal blood, which method comprises collecting the human or animal blood from a single human or animal individual in a first container of a container system comprising at least first... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5576350 | Method for protecting against endotoxin-induced shock using spermidine A method for the prophylaxis of shock in a patient induced by endotoxin or bacteremia is disclosed. The method involves administering a therapeutically effective amount of a chemical composition dissolved in a pharmaceutically compatible solvent to the pa... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5575999 | Animal feed supplement containing co-sprayed dried plasma protein and amylase A feed supplement is disclosed comprising animal plasma protein and a microbial fermentation product of primarily amylase which are blended and spray dried. Animals fed this supplement during the first seven weeks of life experienced an increase in averag... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5573784 | Graft for promoting autogenous tissue growth Surgical repair of diseased or damaged endogenous connective tissue can be accomplished using a tissue graft formed from a delaminated segment of intestinal tissue. The tissue graft comprises the intestinal tunica submucosa delaminated from both the tunic... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5567417 | Method for inhibiting angiogenesis using heparinase Pharmaceutical compositions for delivering an effective dose to a desired site of a heparinase. These compositions are based on the discovery that heparinase alone can inhibit angiogenesis. The effective dosage is dependent not only on the heparinase, but... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5563146 | Method of treating hyperproliferative vascular disease This invention provides a method of preventing or treating hyperproliferative vascular disease in a mammal by administering an antiproliferative effective amount of rapamycin alone or in combination with mycophenolic acid.... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5560937 | Method for purification of cardiac troponin I A method is provided for isolating substantially intact cardiac troponin I from cardiac tissue comprising extracting the troponin I and purifying it in the presence of an effective mount of a mixture of protease inhibitors. The human cardiac troponin I, p... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5558863 | Method for treatment of herpes virus infections A method and composition are provided for treatment of herpes virus infections. The invention comprises the administration of a low level of neuraminidase protein or a derivative thereof.... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5554522 | Dihydrodipicolinate reductase crystals and three dimensional structure This invention relates to dihydrodipicolinate reductase crystals and to methods of growing said crystals. This invention is further directed to the utilization of said crystals to determine the three dimensional structure of dihydrodipicolinate reductase.... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5554389 | Urinary bladder submucosa derived tissue graft A tissue graft composition comprising bladder submucosal tissue delaminated from abluminal muscle layers and at least the luminal portion of the tunica mucosa of a segment of vertebrate urinary bladder is described. The graft composition can be implanted ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5552139 | Method for the biological control of pollen in plants A method for the biological control of pollen in plants, including the thinning of fruits, reducing seeds in citrus plants and reducing the incidence of shotberries in grapes, by applying an effective amount of activated or inactivated RNase or mixtures o... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5549893 | Use of protein C in the treatment of purpura fulminans There is disclosed the use of protein C or activated protein C for preparing a drug useful for the maintenance and improvement of the microcirculation in patients suffering from circulatory disturbances, in particular with the proviso that the drug does n... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549891 | Method for disinfecting contact lens with catalase compositions Compositions and methods for destroying hydrogen peroxide in hydrogen peroxide-containing liquid aqueous media, for example, employed to disinfect contact lenses, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present composition comprise at least one item contain... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545615 | A method of inhibiting fertilization by alpha-1-antitrypsin or antithrombin III Methods for inhibiting fertilization in warm-blooded animals are disclosed. The methods generally comprise administering to the animal an effective amount of a composition comprising a protein that forms a covalent complex with acrosin, and a physiologica... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5543316 | Injectable culture medium for maintaining viability of myoblast cells An injectable grade medium for maintaining cells comprising: (a) a sugar; (b) a serum albumin; (c) a calcium salt; (d) a phosphate salt; (e) a source of iron; (f) at least one salt of a Group I element; (g) at least one salt of a Group II element; (h) at ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5538883 | Maltose-trehalose converting enzyme An enzyme, which has a molecular weight of about 57,000-120,000 daltons on SDS-PAGE and a pI of about 3.8-5.1 on isoelectrophoresis using ampholyte, converts maltose into trehalose and vice versa. The enzyme was isolated from microorganisms of the genera ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5534253 | Method of treating enteropathogenic bacterial infections in poultry A method of improving animal health including selecting at least one L. reuteri strain, characterized by the production of ଲ-hydroxypropionaldehyde, and using the selected strain(s) along with the antibiotic, gentamycin, as an animal treatment, for ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5529792 | Inhibitors of endothelial cell proliferation In order to isolate an inhibitor of the proliferation of endothelial cells from the tissue of vertebrates the tissue selected as the starting material e.g. embryonic tissue or adult brain tissue from birds or mammals, is centrifuged, homogenized and subse... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5527546 | Human interleukin 6 inhibitor A previously undescribed Interleukin-6 inhibitor activity has been successfully isolated from the supernatant of the human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60. Treatment of the HL-60 cell line with cycloheximide prevents the appearance of the inhibitor... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525335 | Wound healing agent Wound healing agents (especially a cicatricial contracture preventing agent, a wound protective or coating agent and a hemostatic agent) containing transglutaminaseas an active ingredient, which are novel and excellent wound healing agents with which cica... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5516781 | Method of treating restenosis with rapamycin This invention provides a method of preventing or treating hyperproliferative vascular disease in a mammal by administering an antiproliferative effective amount of rapamycin alone or in combination with mycophenolic acid.... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5516532 | Injectable non-immunogenic cartilage and bone preparation Ground bone or cartilage particles are demineralized by extraction with a low ionic strength buffer such as 20 mM HEPES containing a chelating agent and protease inhibitors, then extracted with an acidic solution such as 0.3M citric acid, pH 4.0, containi... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5516533 | Fluidized intestinal submucosa and its use as an injectable tissue graft A fluidized, injectable tissue graft composition is described. The composition comprises comminuted intestinal submucosa or protease-digested intestinal submucosa. Methods for the preparation and use of injectable tissue graft compositions are described. ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5514565 | Enzymatically-produced dimeric IL-2 and a nerve-derived transglutaminase enzyme for its preparation The invention provides a new nerve-derived transglutaminase enzyme that converts immune-derived IL-2 to dimeric IL-2 having oligodendrocyte cytotoxic activity. Both the nerve-derived transglutaminase and the dimeric mammalian, e.g. human, IL-2, are for us... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5514591 | Method for measuring the ability of a yeast cell extract to influence oxygen respiration A topical composition comprising LYCD together with known topically active useful medicinal agents such as anti-wrinkling, antibiotic, anticancer, antifungal, antiinflammatory such as anti-acne, antiviral, wound healing, and hair-growing agents. The LYCD ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5512304 | Method of preparing a thromboplastin extract A thromboplastin extract including an aqueous thromboplastin extract of a powdered thromboplastin source including a metal ion chelator. A thromboplastin reagent for use in blood coagulation tests, the thromboplastin reagent includes the extract and calci... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5504079 | Method for immune system activation by administration of a ଲ(1-3) glucan which is produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain R4 Modified yeast cell wall glucans are administered to patients who are at risk for infection due to imminent surgery, chemotherapy or other treatment which affects the immune system, in order to mobilize the cellular defense mechanisms and boost the immune... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5498540 | Method for culturing insect cells in a medium containing fish serum A method for culturing insect cells using fish serum. The method uses serum extracted from the blood of fish to culture insect cells for various purposes. The technique has the key advantages of consistent quality, low cross reactivity, safety from infect... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5489521 | Mutant having ice nucleating activity at room temperature and method for making snow and ice using it Disclosed herein are a new mutant of Pseudomonads having ice nucleating activity and an improved method for making snow and ice using it. More particularly, Pseudomonas syringae SO754 of the present invention, which is derived from the parent strain, Pseu... | 02/06/1996 |
