Patent · US Expired

"Administration of ""active"" chondroitin sulfate A and ""active"" chondroitin sulfate C or mixtures thereof to mammals including humans"

US4640912A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1983
Grant dateFeb 3, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 9, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A50/30
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The administration of "active" chondroitin sulfate A (CSA), "active" chondroitin sulfate C (CSC), or mixtures thereof to mammals including humans suffering from cancer, bacterial infections, trauma, irritation, placement of foreign objects, tubes or instruments, or damage of the upper or lower urinary tract, and related transitional cell surfaces to prevent cancer cell implantation or adherence, bacterial infestation or adherence, trauma, irritation, or damage from placement of foreign objects, tubes or instruments in the kidney, renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, urethra and related transitional cell surfaces by the irrigation of said surfaces and/or tubes and instruments with a solution of said drugs or mixtures thereof.

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