Patents Assigned to Arch Develop.
  • Control of wound scar production
    Patent number: 5569678
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a method for controlling wound scar production by administering a calcium antagonist, alone or in a combination with or followed by a steroid, to the wound site. The method can be used to minimize wound scars, such as hypertrophic wound healing disorders, keloids and burn scar contractures in humans or other mammals, particularly those individually prone to excesssive scarring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arch Develop.
    Inventor: Raphael C. Lee