Patent ID: 6107466
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A61B,A61K,A61N,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for accelerating the healing of a wound in a mammal, comprising:(a) identifying an unhealed wound site or partially-healed wound site in a mammal;(b) administering an effective amount of a photosensitizer to the mammal;(c) waiting for a time period wherein the photosensitizer reaches an effective tissue concentration at the wound site;(d) photoactivating the photosensitizer at the wound site by delivering specifically to the wound site light of an effective wavelength and intensity, for an effective duration, thereby producing an effective dose of photodynamic therapy;the dose of photodynamic therapy being sufficient to stimulate production of a growth factor by a cell at the wound site, without causing tissue destruction;thereby accelerating healing of the wound in the mammal.