METHOD FOR USING POTASSIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS FOR DELIVERING A MEDICANT TO AN ABNORMAL BRAIN REGION AND/OR A MALIGNANT TUMOR - Patent 1251838

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EP 1 251 838 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.06.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44

(21)	Application number: 01906729.7

(22)	Date of filing: 26.01.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0102/743

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0105/4771 (02.08.2001 Gazette 2001/31)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.01.2000 US 491500
14.07.2000 US 615854

(71)	Applicant: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
	Los Angeles,California 90048-0750 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BLACK, Keith, L. Los Angeles, CA 90077 (US) NINGARAJ, Nagendra, S. Culver City, CA 90230 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kaiser, Jürgen, Dr.rer.nat.Dipl.-Chem.
	Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner,Röss, Kaiser, PoltePartnerschaftPatent- und RechtsanwaltskanzleiAlois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising 85354 Freising (DE)

(54)	METHOD FOR USING POTASSIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS FOR DELIVERING A MEDICANT TO AN ABNORMAL BRAIN REGION AND/OR A MALIGNANT TUMOR