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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005

Filed:

Sep. 28, 1999
Applicants:

Maria Emanuel Ryan, Huntington, NY (US);

Lorne M. Golub, Smithtown, NY (US);

Nungavaram S. Ramamurthy, Smithtown, NY (US);

Inventors:

Maria Emanuel Ryan, Huntington, NY (US);

Lorne M. Golub, Smithtown, NY (US);

Nungavaram S. Ramamurthy, Smithtown, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K031/65 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods of reducing the risk of cataract development in a mammal are provided and include administering to the mammal an effective amount of a tetracycline derivative. A preferred tetracycline derivative administered according to the methods of the present invention is 6α-deoxy 5-hydroxy-4-dedimethylaminotetracycline.


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