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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Eternatear, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Timothy R. Willis, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ralph P. Stone, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
ETERNATEAR, INC., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61P 27/04 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/44 (2017.01); A61K 9/107 (2006.01); A61K 47/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 9/1075 (2013.01); A61K 47/24 (2013.01); A61K 47/44 (2013.01); A61P 27/04 (2018.01);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to ophthalmic suspensions for dry eye and other ocular indications that provide long-lasting on eye benefits. The disclosure provides methods of increasing lipid layer thickness and methods of lubricating an eye. The disclosure also provides methods of maintaining integrity of an eye's tear film layers which increases the eye's lipid layer thickness and methods of recreating or building one or more layers of an eye's tear film.