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Apparatus and method for delivering compounds to a living organism

US6471979B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 2001
Grant dateOct 29, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/1072
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of treating or preventing vascular disease in a living organism. The method includes delivering an effective amount of a composition including a sex hormone, anti-hormone, sex-hormone agonist, steroid-hormone inhibitor/antagonist (partial or full), selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), or a combination thereof, to an affected area of a living organism.

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