Apparatus and method for delivering compounds to a living organism
US6471979B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2021 |
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- 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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