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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:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Janice North, Vancouver, CA;
Peter Hnik, Vancouver, CA;
H. Andrew Strong, Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
QLT, Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) to treat macular edemas, including DME, CRVO and BRVO. It provides an alternative to photocoagulation and the disadvantages associated therewith.