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Claims for Patent: 7,438,921

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Summary for Patent: 7,438,921

Title:	Buttock deformity treatment
Abstract:	Methods for treating a buttock deformity or for preventing development of a buttock deformity by local administration of a Clostridial toxin, such as a botulinum neurotoxin, to a buttock deformity or to the vicinity of a buttock deformity.
Inventor(s):	First; Eric R. (Boston, MA)
Assignee:	Allergan, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Application Number:	11/622,420
Patent Claims:	1. A method for treating a buttock deformity, the method comprising administering about 200 to about 25,000 units of a botulinum toxin type B in pure or hybrid form or as a complex, to a buttock of a patient having a buttock deformity, thereby reducing the buttock deformity. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the buttock deformity is a contour deformity. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the contour deformity is selected from the group consisting of large buttock, prominent buttock, deficient buttock, flat buttock, lack of a buttock, uneven buttock crease and fold, depressions in the buttock, square buttock shapes, asymmetric ptosis of the buttock and irregularly shaped buttock. 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of using a foot supporting device in conjunction with administering the botulinum toxin to the patient. 5. A method for treating a buttock deformity, the method comprising administering about 1000 to about 15,000 units of a botulinum toxin type B in pure or hybrid form or as a complex to a buttock of a patient having a buttock deformity, thereby reducing the buttock deformity. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the about 1000 to about 15,000 units of a botulinum toxin type B is administered at multiple injection sites per patient treatment session. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein administration to the buttock is subcutaneous, intramuscular, subdermal, intradermal or transdermal. 8. The method of claim 5, wherein the buttock deformity is a contour deformity. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the contour deformity is selected from the group consisting of large buttock, prominent buttock, deficient buttock, flat buttock, lack of a buttock, uneven buttock crease and fold, depressions in the buttock, square buttock shapes, asymmetric ptosis of the buttock and irregularly shaped buttock.

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Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Expiredate
Solstice Neurosciences, Llc	MYOBLOC	rimabotulinumtoxinb	Injection	103846	12/08/2000	⤷ Try a Trial	2024-09-03
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