Use of sulfated glycosaminoglycans for establishing effective labor in women
US8524688B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P15/06
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of treating protracted labor in a pregnant woman comprises administering to a pregnant woman an effective amount of a depolymerized low molecular weight heparin treated with periodate to eradicate antithrombin III binding affinities, thereby exhibiting an anticoagulant activity of 10 BP units/mg or less and an average molecular weight not higher than 10000 Da to prime or curatively treat the cervix and myometrium and for treatment of slow progress of labor. A method for prophylactic priming or curative treatment of the cervix and the myometrium for establishing effective labor in a pregnant woman comprises administering to a pregnant woman an effective amount of a depolymerized low molecular weight heparin as described to prophylactically prime or curatively treat the cervix and myometrium and for establishing effective labor in the pregnant woman.
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