Patents Assigned to Diamond Scientific
  • Canine distemper virus vaccine
    Patent number: 4992272
    Abstract: A vaccine composition for animals susceptible to infection by canine distemper virus. The vaccine comprises a small but immunologically effective amount of an inactivated canine distemper virus in combination with a non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable immunologic adjuvant. A preferred method of inactivation of canine distemper virus by either exposure of the virus to an inactivating effective amount of binary ethyleneimine or alternatively exposure of the virus to long wavelength ultraviolet light in the presence of a furocoumarin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Diamond Scientific
    Inventors: Edmund P. Bass, William H. Kelsey, Michael D. McFarland