Acceleration of wound healing by photodynamic therapy
US6107466A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/932
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for accelerating wound healing in a mammal. The method includes identifying an unhealed wound site or partially-healed wound site in a mammal; administering a photosensitizer to the mammal; waiting for a time period wherein the photosensitizer reaches an effective tissue concentration at the wound site; and photoactivating the photosensitizer at the wound site. The dose of photodynamic therapy is selected to stimulate the production of one or more growth factor by cells at the wound site, without causing tissue destruction.
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