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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jared M Emery, Houston, TX (US);
Raymond Y Chan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514249 ; 514912 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are mitotic inhibitors effective for and methods of preventing posterior lens capsule opacification after extracapsular extraction. The mitotic inhibitors comprise osmotically balanced solutions containing either methotrexate or retinoic acid, or both, in at least the minimal effective dosage at the end of one lens epithelial cell cycle. The mitotic inhibitors are instilled in the anterior chamber of the eye preferably immediately after the lens has been removed.