Ultrapure hyaluronic acid and the use thereof
First Claim
1. A sterile, pyrogen-free, protein-free, non-antigenic, hyaluronic acid fraction having an average molecular weight of at least about 750,000, a protein content of less than 0.5% by weight, ultraviolet light absorbance of a 1% solution of the sodium salt thereof of less than 3.0 at 257 nanometers wavelength and less than 2.0 at 280 nanometers wavelength, a kinematic viscosity of a 1% solution of the sodium salt thereof in physiological buffer of greater than about 1000 centistokes and a molar optical rotation of a 0.1-0.2% solution of the sodium salt thereof in physiological buffer of less than -11 = 103 degree -- cm2 /mole (of disaccharide) measured at 220 nonometers;
- and which is characterized by infiltration by no more than about 200 white blood cells per mm3 of aqueous humor of the owl monkey eye when one milliliter of a 1% solution of the sodium salt of said fraction dissolved in physiological buffer is implanted in the vitreous replacing about one-half the existing liquid vitreous.
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Abstract
An ultra-pure, high molecular weight hyaluronic acid fraction which is characterized by the absence of significant cellular infiltration of the vitreous and anterior chamber, absence of significant flare in the aqueous humor, absence of significant haze or flare in the vitreous and absence of pathological changes to the cornea, lens, iris, retina, and choroid of the owl monkey eye when one milliliter of a 1% solution of the sodium salt thereof dissolved in physiological buffer is implanted in the vitreous replacing about one-half the existing liquid vitreous. This material is obtained from animal tissue containing hyaluronic acid by a process which comprises removing the blood from animal tissue containing hyaluronic acid, extracting hyaluronic acid therefrom, deproteinizing the hyaluronic acid extract, and removing any unidentified inflammation causing agents persent therein by treating the deproteinized hyaluronic acid extract at a pH of 6.0 - 7.0 with a volume of chloroform at least about equal to that of the deproteinized extract, to form a two-phase mixture which is then stirred, sufficiently to ensure intimate contact between said two phases, at about 15° - 40° C., followed by separating out and discarding the chloroform phase.
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1. A sterile, pyrogen-free, protein-free, non-antigenic, hyaluronic acid fraction having an average molecular weight of at least about 750,000, a protein content of less than 0.5% by weight, ultraviolet light absorbance of a 1% solution of the sodium salt thereof of less than 3.0 at 257 nanometers wavelength and less than 2.0 at 280 nanometers wavelength, a kinematic viscosity of a 1% solution of the sodium salt thereof in physiological buffer of greater than about 1000 centistokes and a molar optical rotation of a 0.1-0.2% solution of the sodium salt thereof in physiological buffer of less than -11 = 103 degree -- cm2 /mole (of disaccharide) measured at 220 nonometers;
- and which is characterized by infiltration by no more than about 200 white blood cells per mm3 of aqueous humor of the owl monkey eye when one milliliter of a 1% solution of the sodium salt of said fraction dissolved in physiological buffer is implanted in the vitreous replacing about one-half the existing liquid vitreous.
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