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Claims for Patent: 7,824,673

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Summary for Patent: 7,824,673

Title:	Reduction of adipose tissue
Abstract:	A simple search was made on the Internet. There were at least a few hundred entries. The following seem to be the best of the few dozen examined. The first page of each is cited below for identification.
Inventor(s):	Wegman; Edwin H. (Hewlett Bay Park, NY), Bronsther; Burton (Hempstead, NY), Bronsther, legal representative; Ellyn (Hempstead, NY)
Assignee:	Advance Biofactures Corporation (Lynbrook, NY)
Application Number:	11/237,543
Patent Claims:	1. A method of reducing the amount of adipose tissue at a selected location in the body comprising introducing into said tissue effective amounts of purified collagenase in the substantial absence of another proteinase, wherein said adipose tissue is a lipoma. 2. A method according to claim 1 wherein said lipoma is reduced by substantially 100%. 3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the collagenase is introduced into said lipoma in the amount of from about 250 to about 1,500 ABC units collagenase per centimeter of diameter of the lipoma. 4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the collagenase is introduced into said lipoma in a concentration of from about 50 to about 5,000 ABC units per mL. 5. A method according to claim 1 wherein the collagenase is injected in a liquid pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in a concentration of at least 1,000 ABC units per mL. 6. A method according to claim 1 wherein the collagenase is injected in a liquid pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in a concentration of at least 2,000 ABC units per mL. 7. A method comprising the steps of injecting subcutaneously into a lipoma purified collagenase in a liquid pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, said collagenase being substantially free of other proteinases, in an amount of from about 250 to about 1,500 ABC units collagenase per centimeter of diameter of the lipoma, and in a concentration of from about 50 to about 5,000 ABC units per mL. 8. A method according to claim 1 wherein the collagenase is introduced into said lipoma in a concentration of at least 3500 ABC units per mL.

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Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Expiredate
Smith & Nephew, Inc.	SANTYL	collagenase	Ointment	101995	06/04/1965	⤷ Try a Trial	2014-12-15
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