Dry powders of metal-containing compounds

US6866871B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. · CA

Inventors

• Scott Gillis · Concord, US
• Paul Schechter · Strasbourg, FR
• Robert Edward Burrell · Sherwood Park, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2005
• Expiry date: May 5, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Dry powders of metal-containing compounds are disclosed. Methods of preparing and using the dry powders, particularly in the treatment of a subject having a condition, are also disclosed. The metal-containing material can be, for example, an antimicrobial material, an antibacterial material, an anti-inflammatory material, an anti-fungal material, an anti-viral material, an anti-cancer material, a pro-apoptosis material, and/or an MMP modulating material. In certain embodiments, the metal-containing material is an atomically disordered, silver-containing material.