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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Marie A. Badalamente, Mt. Sinai, NY (US);
Alexander B. Dagum, Stony Brook, NY (US);
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to the discovery that collagenase injections are effective in dissolving and lysing the collagenase septa network in the skin that comprises cellulite. As such, the invention relates to methods of treating cellulite in a patient in need of such treatment comprising injecting or otherwise delivering the effective amount of purified collagenase to the collagenase septa network of cellulite in the skin. The invention also relates to the use of collagenase in the manufacture of a medicament to treat cellulite of the skin.