Patents Assigned to Hemsol Inc.
  • Hemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes
    Patent number: 6479637
    Abstract: Construct-complexes of a hemoglobin, a hepatocyte modifying substance bound to the hemoglobin, and a haptoglobin bound to the hemoglobin, are provided, for administration to mammalian patients. The construct-complex may be formed ex vivo, or a hemoglobin-hepatocyte modifying substance combination may be administered to the patient so that haptoglobin in the mammalian body bonds thereto to form the construct-complex in vivo. Disorders of the liver may be diagnosed and treated using construct-complexes described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hemsol Inc.
    Inventors: J. Gordon Adamson, Jolanta Maria Wodzinska, M. S. Celine Moore