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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Zhi-jian Yu, Irvine, CA (US);
Stanley W. Huth, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Stephen J. Demichele, Dublin, OH (US);
Zhi-Jian Yu, Irvine, CA (US);
Stanley W. Huth, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Stephen J. Demichele, Dublin, OH (US);
Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are stable oil-in-water emulsion ophthalmic topical liquid compositions having an average particle size less than 1 μm including at least one plant-derived oil other than castor oil wherein the oil comprises only aliphatic side chains free of polar pendent groups. The oil-in-water emulsion ophthalmic topical liquid compositions also include a hydrophilic surfactant having an HLB value between approximately 10 and 14, a vegetable oil-derived hydrophobic non-co-block surfactant having unsaturated side chains that contain less than four oxygen atoms having an HLB value between approximately 4 and 6 and is a liquid at room temperature. The oil-in-water emulsion ophthalmic topical liquid compositions disclosed herein can further include an amount of cyclosporine A or polyphenol in an amount effective to relieve dry eye symptoms.