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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Hampar L. Karageozian, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Vicken H. Karageozian, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Maria Cristina Kenney, Malibu, CA (US);
Jose Luis Gutierrez Flores, Tijuana, MX;
Gabriel Arturo Carpio Aragon, Tijuana, MX;
Anthony B. Nesburn, Malibu, CA (US);
ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provide a method for accelerating the clearance of hemorrhagic blood from the vitreous humor of a mammalian eye without producing toxicity to the eye, the method comprising contacting with the vitreous humor an amount of a solution which contains hyaluronidase to provide a dose of at least 1 International Unit of hyaluronidase, the hyaluronidase being in purified form possessing intravitreal hemorrhage-clearing activity and being free from impurities that produce toxicity to the eye.