METHOD FOR REDUCING OR PREVENTING POST-SURGICAL ADHESION FORMATION USING 5-LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS - Patent 0831796

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EP 0 831 796 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	01.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/14

(21)	Application number: 96920600.0

(22)	Date of filing: 31.05.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61K 9/ 50^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 05^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 381^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 4152^{( . )}
A61K 45/ 00^{( . )}
A61P 43/ 00^{( . )}

A61K 31/ 00^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 20^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 415^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 557^{( . )}
A61K 47/ 30^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/008216

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/040090 (19.12.1996 Gazette 1997/03)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

07.06.1995 US 19950473183

(71)	Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
	Los Angeles, CA 90089 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	RODGERS, Kathleen, Elizabeth Long Beach, CA 90815 (US) diZEREGA, Gere, Stodder Pasadena, CA 91105 (US)

(74)	Representative: Pett, Christopher Phineas, et al
	Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR REDUCING OR PREVENTING POST-SURGICAL ADHESION FORMATION USING 5-LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS