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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:
Feb. 06, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter M Meserol, Montville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604290 ; 604 20 ; 607 88 ; 607 89 ;
Abstract
Method of applying photodynamic therapy to dermal lesion located at a dermal treatment site in skin which includes the stratum corneum, including the steps of hydrating the stratum corneum at the dermal treatment site to enhance the chemical and optical transparency of the stratum corneum at the dermal treatment site and to enhance the passage therethrough of photopharmaceutical and light, introducing photopharmaceutical into the treatment site through the hydrated stratum corneum, and introducing light into the treatment site through the hydrated stratum corneum to photoactivate the photopharmaceutical to treat the dermal lesion.