Growth Factor Analogs
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- BIOSURFACE ENG TECH
- Publication Date
- 2009-06-04
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 051,292, entitled “Growth Factor Analogs,” filed on Feb. 4, 2005. This application also claims the benefit of the filing of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 542,272, entitled “Growth Factor Analogs”, filed on Feb. 4, 2004, and the specification thereof is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention (Technical Field)
[0003] The invention relates to the field of synthetic peptides and analogs of heparin-binding growth factors. The invention further relates to the clinical uses of such analogs as soluble drugs and as coatings for medical devices.
[0004] 2. Description of Related Art
[0005] Note that the following discussion refers to a number of publications by author(s) and year of publication, and that due to recent publication dates certain publications are not to be considered as prior art vis-a-vis ...