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Use of xenon as neuroprotectant in a neonatal subject

US9326996B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 10, 2015
Grant dateMay 3, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 10, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61P43/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of xenon in the preparation of a medicament for preventing and/or alleviating one or more anesthetic-induced neurological deficits in a neonatal subject.The present invention further relates to combinations of xenon and sevoflurane, and use thereof as preconditioning agents for administration prior to hypoxic-ischaemic injury.

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