Abstract: The present invention relates to glucommannan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides that possess one or more properties selected from skin regeneration, wound healing and skin augmentation. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of glucomannan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides for one or more of skin regeneration, wound healing and skin augmentation agents in a mammal. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical formulation for treating skin of a subject comprising an active component comprising glucomannan in a suitable diluent, excipient or physical form such as dermal scaffold or sponge, the active component being capable of promoting an accumulation of fibroblasts in the skin and stimulating production of collagen in the skin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 3, 2008
Date of Patent:
September 6, 2016
Assignee:
ULTRACEUTICALS R&D PTY LTD.
Inventors:
Geoffrey Heber, Nicholas Patrick John Stamford
Abstract: A process for making cross-linked polysaccharide gels, particularly cross-linked hyaluronic acid gels, under basic conditions. The resulting gels possess improved degradation characteristics, and are useful in a variety of medical and cosmetic applications.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 26, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 4, 2014
Assignee:
Ultraceuticals R&D Pty., Ltd.
Inventors:
Simone Charlotte Vonwiller, Geoffrey Kenneth Heber
Abstract: The present invention relates to glucommannan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides that possess one or more properties selected from skin regeneration, wound healing and skin augmentation. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of glucomannan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides for one or more of skin regeneration, wound healing and skin augmentation agents in a mammal. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical formulation for treating skin of a subject comprising an active component comprising glucomannan in a suitable diluent, excipient or physical form such as dermal scaffold or sponge, the active component being capable of promoting an accumulation of fibroblasts in the skin and stimulating production of collagen in the skin.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 3, 2008
Publication date:
October 7, 2010
Applicant:
ULTRACEUTICALS R & D PTY LTD
Inventors:
Geoffrey Heber, Nicholas Patrick John Stamford