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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:
Aug. 07, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L Erwin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Biosource Genetics Corporation, Vacaville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604294 ; 128156 ; 523106 ; 424428 ;
Abstract
A therapeutic eye shield comprising from about 50% to about 80% collagen and from about 20% to about 50% glucan is disclosed. The collagen acts as a drug delivery system for the therapeutic agent, glucan. The therapeutic eye shields are useful for prophylaxis and treatment of eye infections particularly following ophthalmic surgery or wounding.