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Method for treating intervertebral disc displacement with enzymes

US4696816A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 7, 1985
Grant dateSep 29, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 7, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/47
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The method for treating intervertebral disc displacement in mammals which comprises injecting into the intervertebral disc space effective amounts of a pharmacologically suitable solution of the enzyme chondroitinase to bring about the selective chemonucleolysis of the nucleus pulposus.

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