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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alvin Guttag, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 ; A61K 9/14 ; A61F 2/00 ; A01N 3/736 ; G02C 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 ; A61K 9/14 ; A61F 2/00 ; A01N 3/736 ; G02C 7/04 ;
Abstract
A contact lens having a pharmaceutical agent releasably disposed therein. The lens itself comprises a polymer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester of salicylic acid, the unsaturated carboxylic acid having up to 24 carbon atoms and 1-4 ethylenic double bonds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the salicylic acid ester.