Increasing aqueous humor outflow
US4757089A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K31/44
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of increasing aqueous humor outflow in the eye of a human patient including topically administering to the eye an outflow increasing amount of a compound characterized in that it contains one or more groups capable of reacting with sulfhydryl groups in the trabecular meshwork of the eye, and it has a margin of safety of at least 2.0.
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