US 7,547,435 B2
Pharmacological vitreolysis
Steve Pakola, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. (US); and Marc De Smet, Amstelveen (Netherlands)
Assigned to ThromboGenics NV, Leuven (Belgium)
Filed on Dec. 05, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/729,475.
Claims priority of application No. 0228409.9 (GB), filed on Dec. 06, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0118158 A1, Jun. 02, 2005
Int. Cl. A61K 38/48 (2006.01); A61K 38/43 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 424—94.64  [424/94.1; 424/94.63; 424/94.6; 604/290] 23 Claims
 
1. A method of liquefying a vitreous and/or inducing posterior vitreous detachment of an eye of a subject, comprising contacting the vitreous and/or an aqueous humor in the eye of the subject with an effective amount of a composition comprising microplasmin, wherein the method results in liquefying a vitreous and/or inducing posterior vitreous detachment of the eye of a subject.