Method of treatment or inhibition
OwnerTraian Vasile Chirila, Alexandra Irina Manta +2inventors
InventorsTraian Vasile Chirila, Alexandra Irina Manta, Mark Hughes Burnard Radford, Shuko Suzuki
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods of treating eyelid laxity. More particularly, this disclosure relates to a non-invasive method of treating or inhibiting the development or progression of eyelid laxity, comprising exposure of a palpebral conjunctiva of an eye followed by transconjunctival irradiation in the presence of a photosensitizer to Initiate crosslinking in tarsal plate tissue underlying the palpebral conjunctiva.
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A method of treating or inhibiting the development or progression of eyelid laxity in a subject comprising:
- a) exposing a palpebral conjunctiva of an eye;
- b) applying to at least part of the exposed palpebral conjunctiva a photosensitizer that initiates crosslinking in response to photo-activating radiation;
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- c) irradiating the exposed palpebral conjunctiva with photo-activating radiation to initiate crosslinking in tarsal plate tissue underlying the palpebral conjunctiva.
Use of a photosensitizer that initiates crosslinking in response to photo-activating radiation for treating or inhibiting the development or progression of eyelid laxity in a subject, wherein the photosensitizer is to be applied to at least part of an exposed palpebral conjunctiva of an eye of the subject, and the exposed palpebral conjunctiva is to be irradiated with photo-activating radiation to initiate crosslinking in tarsal plate tissue underlying the palpebral conjunctiva.
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