104 results about "Joints inflammation" patented technology

A device is provided, in direct skin contact, surrounding an injured area for the treatment, reduction of joint inflammation, edema and excitation of neural and muscular stimulation associated with human and mammal tissues. This therapeutic light source includes a multiplicity of light emitting diodes (LED's) found in the ranges of 350 nm to 1000+ nm and fiber optic connections. A neoprene type material or other non-allergenic material is used to set the LED's and fiber optics in layers consisting of contact with the skin to few centimeters from the skin tissue. Distance will vary from contact or near contact with devices to several millimeters of separation. Each LED array is independently controlled allowing for optimal modulation of light frequencies and wavelengths. Technology is integrated allowing for biomedical feedback of tissue temperature and other statistical information. A low voltage, portable power supply, is integrated into the device as well as an analog/digital, input/output connection device. The design will be created for continuous wear, flexibility and comfort.

The instant invention provides a method of treating or preventing osteoarthritis, joint effusion, joint inflammation and pain, synovitis, lameness, post operative arthroscopic surgery, deterioration of proper joint function including joint mobility, the reduction or inhibition of metabolic activity of chondrocytes, the activity of enzymes that degrade cartilage, the reduction or inhibition of the production of Hyaluronic acid, said method comprising orally administering to a mammalian species a therapeutically effective amount of Hyaluronic Acid or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Additionally, compositions containing hyaluronic acid; chondroitin sulfate, and glucosamine sulfate in a paste formulation are also disclosed which can be administered on their own or can be used as a feed additive.

The present invention provides a composition, and a method of use thereof for treating connective tissue damage in man and in animals, which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of chondroitin sulfate, N-acetyl D-glucosamine, and hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid). Particularly, the present invention provides a composition, and a method of use thereof, for treating connective tissue damage including, but not limited to, arthritic disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osterochondrosis dessicans, cartilage damage, joint injury, joint inflammation, joint synovitis, degenerative joint disease (DJD), post surgical DJD, traumatic injury, fracture, tendon damage, ligament damage, skeletal damage, musculoskeletal damage, fiber damage, adipose tissue damage, blood cell damage, and plasma damage. Compositions for delivery of the present invention include those for parenteral, oral, and transmucosal delivery and for direct surgical placement onto the affected tissues.

The use of compounds that block complement component C5 or its active fragments C5a and/or C5b (such compounds collectively referred to as “C5 blockers”) to treat established joint inflammation (arthritis) is disclosed. Administration of such C5 blockers has been found to: 1) arrest and/or reduce inflammation in joints which are already inflamed, and 2) inhibit the spread of inflammation to unaffected joints.

A method is provided comprising steps for (a) dispensing a topical product having a set of ingredients, wherein the set of ingredients provides pain relief to an affected area of a user; and (b) delivering the topical product via a sonic device to the affected area of a user, wherein the affected area includes joint inflammation, wherein the sonic device comprises an elongated body having an massager head receiving area designed to receive a massager head, the combination of the sonic device and the attached massager head producing a vibrating massager promoting optimal absorption of the set of ingredients designed to stimulate and increase blood flow to the joint inflammation providing a reduction of pain for the user, wherein the sonic device and topical product are packaged together in a single packaging unit.

The invention relates to a composition for preventing and treating joint soft tissue injury and complications thereof. A complex formulation, which comprises bone collagen, sodium hyaluronate, mangosteen extract, pomegranate extract and vitamin C in specific proportions, is prepared. The composition has an anti-inflammatory effect, since the generation of PGE2 is reduced by lowering the activity of COX2. Meanwhile, the composition accelerates the restoration and generation of cartilage tissue and joint fluid and lowers the degree of joint inflammation.

A herbal topical composition is used having complexed trace minerals capable of effectively reducing bone and joint inflammation by inhibiting inflammation pathways and in particular COX-2. The herbal composition having trace elements in a topical carrier reduces inflammation while avoiding the side effects associated with traditional drug therapy.

The present invention concerns amide derivatives of hyaluronic acid (HA) and biomaterials made of amide derivatives of hyaluronic acid (HA), particularly the hexadecylamide of HA, administered by the intraarticular route as a partial/total substitute for synovial fluid to treat joints affected by o steoarthrosis (OA) as well as cases of joint inflammation and/or trauma that cause damage to the cartilage and/or synovia (associated with pain). Lastly, we describe and claim their use in the treatment of joints where the entire structure shows signs of wear due to physiological aging.

The present invention provides a composition, and a method of use thereof for treating connective tissue damage in man and in animals, which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of chondroitin sulfate, N-acetyl D-glucosamine, and hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid). Particularly, the present invention provides a composition, and a method of use thereof, for treating connective tissue damage including, but not limited to, arthritic disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osterochondrosis dessicans, cartilage damage, joint injury, joint inflammation, joint synovitis, degenerative joint disease (DJD), post surgical DJD, traumatic injury, fracture, tendon damage, ligament damage, skeletal damage, musculoskeletal damage, fiber damage, adipose tissue damage, blood cell damage, and plasma damage. Compositions for delivery of the present invention include those for parenteral, oral, and transmucosal delivery and for direct surgical placement onto the affected tissues.

The invention discloses an MRI hip joint inflammation segmentation and classification automatic quantitative grading sequential method, solves the problem that hip joint inflammation areas are difficult to quantify and grade due to uneven distribution of shapes, sizes and voxel values of hip joints, and realizes automatic accurate quantification and grading evaluation of the hip joint inflammationareas. According to the method, the hip joint inflammation area label value is modified in an inverse exponential proportion according to the voxel value, so that the problem of poor segmentation result caused by large voxel value difference of the hip joint inflammation area is solved; according to the method, a multi-scale convolution module GMS is designed to improve the segmentation effect ofhip joint inflammation regions with large shape and size differences; aiming at the problem that hip joint inflammation regions with small proportions are difficult to classify, a segmentation modeland a classification model are fused to improve the classification precision. According to the method, integrated automatic quantitative grading of hip joint inflammatory regions with multiple scalesand large voxel value differences is realized, and the quantitative grading efficiency is improved. The method can be used for quantitative and graded automatic treatment of the MRI hip joint inflammation area.

The invention discloses siRNA for inhibiting a gene ADAMTS-5 and application of the siRNA. The invention discloses a chemically modified double-chain siRNA molecule which is formed in the way that any chemical modification from (1) to (13) in the Specification is performed on at least one of the chains in the siRNA molecule in A (in the Specification), and the complementation is performed. The siRNA disclosed by the invention can be used as a medicine for treating arthritis and related inflammations, and the siRNA and a preparation thereof can be injected into local parts of bone joint cavities to inhibit the expression of inflammatory factors and further realize treatment of joint inflammation.

This invention relates to a compound which is [c]-fused bicyclic proline derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt thereof, and methods of treating diseases, including, but not limited to, methods of preventing or inhibiting joint cartilage damage and preventing or treating diseases characterized by joint cartilage damage, joint inflammation, or joint pain. The [c]-fused bicyclic proline derivatives are compounds of Formula I as described above. Diseases characterized by joint cartilage damage or joint pain include, for example, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is also characterized by joint inflammation. This invention also relates to methods of synthesizing and preparing the [c]-fused bicyclic proline derivatives, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.