Tendon-inducing compositions

US6284872A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Genetics Institute, LLC · US
• President and Fellows of Harvard College · US

Inventors

• Anthony J. Celeste · Hudson, US
• John M. Wozney · Hudson, US
• Vicki A. Rosen · Brookline, US
• Neil M. Wolfman · Brookline, US
• Gerald H. Thomsen · Port Jefferson, US
• Douglas A. Melton · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K2319/02
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Compositions of proteins with tendon/ligament-like tissue inducing activity are disclosed. The compositions are useful in the treatment of tendinitis and tendon or ligament defects and in related tissue repair.