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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Dusa Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Scott Lundahl, Wilmington, MA (US);
Assignee:
DUSA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/197 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 41/0061 (2013.01); A61K 31/197 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01);
Abstract
This application is directed to a method of treating onychomycosis by applying a phototherapeutic agent to a nail structure, waiting for a period of at least three days, and exposing the nail to light that causes an activation reaction. The phototherapeutic agent may be amino levulinic acid, alkylated derivatives of ALA, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.