Reduction of adipose tissue
AssigneeAdvance Biofactures Corporation
InventorsEdwin H. Wegman, Burton Bronsther
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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.
Claims8
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.
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.
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