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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:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Erning Xia, Penfield, NY (US);
Joseph Salamone, Boca Raton, FL (US);
X. Michael Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
Inventors:
Erning Xia, Penfield, NY (US);
Joseph Salamone, Boca Raton, FL (US);
X. Michael Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a composition for treating dry eye comprising, in one embodiment, carboxymethylcellulose and a polyol. Such compositions have been found to alleviate the symptoms of dry eye and remain in the eye for a long period of time.