Patent ID: 9687502
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P

Claim:
1. A method for treating a mammalian patient having suffered an injury to nerve tissue of the central nervous system, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a composition comprising an amphipathic polymer comprising a polar substructure and a non-polar substructure to the mammalian patient, wherein the administering is effected after the injury occurs via the mammalian patient's vascular system, wherein the administration is effective in delivering the amphipathic polymer to the site of the injured nerve tissue in the mammalian patient's central nervous system, wherein delivery is effected using a technique selected from the group consisting of intravascular, intramuscular, subcutaneous and intraperitoneal injection and wherein the effective amount is an amount that increases the conduction of action potentials in injured nerve tissue of the central nervous system and increases at least one of reflex behavior, motor function and sensation in the patient.