Patents Assigned to Moorfields Eye Hospital National Health Service Trust
  • Medical use of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors for inhibiting tissue contraction
    Patent number: 6759432
    Abstract: The use of an MMP inhibitor, especially a collagenase inhibitor, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a natural or artificial tissue comprising extracellular matrix components to inhibit contraction of the tissue and methods for the treatment of tissue comprising extracellular matrix components to inhibit contraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Moorfields Eye Hospital National Health Service Trust, The Institute of Ophthalmology
    Inventors: Peng Tee Khaw, Gregory S. Schultz
  • Medical use of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors for inhibiting tissue contraction
    Patent number: 6379667
    Abstract: The use of an MMP inhibitor, especially a collagenase inhibitor, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a natural or artificial tissue comprising extracellular matrix components to inhibit contraction of the tissue and methods for the treatment of tissue comprising extracellular matrix components to inhibit contraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Moorfields Eye Hospital National Health Service Trust
    Inventors: Peng Tee Khaw, Gregory S. Schultz