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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Gibson, Irving, CA (US);
Michael Lerner, Shawnee, OK (US);
Robert Nordquist, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Cary Reich, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignees:
Chiron Ophthalmics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Dean A. McGee Eye Inst., Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-2 ; 514-8 ; 514 54 ; 514508 ; 514912 ; 514913 ; 514914 ; 514915 ;
Abstract
Improved healing of wounds, particularly wounds of the eye, such as keratorefractive surgical incisions, is obtained by coating the wound surfaces with a solution containing a protein crosslinking compound such as dimethyl pimelimidate dihydrochloride, followed by treatment with a composition containing an extracellular matrix material such as fibronectin, a biologically active fragment or an analog thereof.