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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
S. Gregory Smith, Yorklyn, DE (US);
Michael B. Gross, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Olav E. Sandnes, Mt. Bethel, PA (US);
S. Gregory Smith, Yorklyn, DE (US);
Michael B. Gross, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Olav E. Sandnes, Mt. Bethel, PA (US);
Physicians Recommended Nutriceuticals, LLC, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to methods for administering an effective amount of a dietary or nutritional supplement composition that effectively changes the quality of the meibum lipid composition of inflamed or dysfunctional meibomian glands so as to improve or increase tear break up time, reduce tear osmolarity, and elevate the omega-3 index, while reducing or eliminating the symptoms associated with dry eye or meibomianitis. The dietary or nutritional supplement composition administered to the patient suffering from inflamed or dysfunctional meibomian glands comprises an effective amount of omega-3 fatty acids.