Patents Represented by Attorney Benesch Friediander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
  • Patent number: 7666842
    Abstract: Compositions used to enhance the elasticity and/or appearance of tissue are described. The compositions include peptides and/or peptide-like compounds and combinations thereof having low molecular weights and which substantially correspond to sequences found in elastin. The compositions may be applied to human skin in a cosmetic or therapeutic formulation and may result in enhanced elasticity and turgor of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Connective Tissue Imagineering, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B Sandberg, Thomas F Mitts