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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tayyaba Hasan, Arlington, MA (US);
Michael R Hamblin, Revere, MA (US);
Kenneth Trauner, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530351 ; 530399 ; 604 20 ; 607 88 ; 607 89 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for accelerating wound healing in a mammal. The method includes identifying an unhealed wound site or partially-healed wound site in a mammal; administering a photosensitizer to the mammal; waiting for a time period wherein the photosensitizer reaches an effective tissue concentration at the wound site; and photoactivating the photosensitizer at the wound site. The dose of photodynamic therapy is selected to stimulate the production of one or more growth factor by cells at the wound site, without causing tissue destruction.