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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Y Park, Santa Ana, CA (US);
James N Cook, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Dorla Mirejovsky, Irvine, CA (US);
Steven S Matsumoto, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
Allergan, Waco, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514458 ; 514474 ; 514725 ; 514912 ;
Abstract
Methods and compositions for inhibiting the formation of proteinaceous and/or lipid deposits on a contact lens are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present method comprises contacting a contact lens being worn in a mammalian eye with at least one ophthalmically acceptable antioxidant component in an amount effective to inhibit the formation of at least one of proteinaceous deposits and lipid deposits on the contact lens in the eye.