Abstract: A method for treating and/or preventing of cerebrovascular diseases, traumas and damages of the nervous system, which method includes local (topical) and/or systemic application of an effective amount of tetracycline and/or tetracycline derivative or a mixture of tetracycline and/or tetracycline derivative(s) (“active agent(s)”), optionally in a pharmaceutically-acceptable diluent, carrier or release system (“active compostition”).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 1999
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2001
Assignee:
Bioabsorbable Concepts, Inc.
Inventors:
Juha Yrjänheikki, Pertti Törmäl{umlaut over (a )}, Riitta Keinänen, Nina Vartiainen, Susanna Miettinen, Auvo Kaikkonen, Jari Koistinaho