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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation, Mississauga, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 54 ; 514 23 ; 424493 ; 536 53 ; 536 55 ; 536 551 ; 536 552 ; 536 553 ;
Abstract
A method is provided of preventing arterial restenosis of an animal after the arteries have been traumatized. The method comprises the administration of a therapeutically effective non-toxic amount of hyaluronic acid and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to the animal to prevent narrowing of the arteries. The form of hyaluronic acid is selected from hyaluronic acid and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof having a molecular weight less than 750,000 daltons.