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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. 21, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward James Ellis, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Jeanne Yang Ellis, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/174 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/174 ;
Abstract
There are disclosed compositions and methods for treating the surface of the eye, or contact tenses to be placed on the eye, with an aqueous composition comprising a quaternary nitrogen-containing ethoxylated glycoside and a therapeutic agent. The subject invention is particularly suited for use with silicone-containing contact lenses. Examples of specific compositions include aqueous solutions of lauryl methyl gluceth-10 hydroxypropyl-dimonium chloride in combination with anionic polysaccharides such as hyaluronic acid.