Treatment for dry macular degeneration

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7381404
APP PUB NO 20050048044A1
SERIAL NO

10611013

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The present invention relates to altering the physical and/or chemical properties of at least part of at least one tissue in the eye. In a specific embodiment, it relates to the treatment of any eye disorder, although in particular embodiments the individual has a thickened Bruch's membrane. An activating energy source is utilized to effect a controlled diffusion enhancement and/or degradation of Bruch's membrane that enables improved diffusional transport between the choroid and retina. The individual is administered an inactivated diffusion-enhancing molecule that becomes associated with the membrane, which is then precisely exposed to an activating energy source, such as light or ultrasound.

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  • CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY;REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fraser, Scott LaCanada-Flintridge, CA 28 1209
Gallivan, Justin P Pasadena, CA 3 53
Grubbs, Robert H South Pasadena, CA 283 5951
Schwartz, Daniel M San Francisco, CA 47 1623
Yu, Changjun Pasadena, CA 40 835

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