Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for the treatment and prevention of eyelid swelling
- Patent Title (中): 治疗和预防眼睑肿胀的方法
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Application No.: US11796278Application Date: 2007-04-26
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Publication No.: US08685439B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Matthew Jonathan Chapin , Mark Barry Abelson , Keith Jeffrey Lane , Akimitsu Makino
- Applicant: Matthew Jonathan Chapin , Mark Barry Abelson , Keith Jeffrey Lane , Akimitsu Makino
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: Aciex Therapeutics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Aciex Therapeutics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Agent Ivor R. Elrifi; Cynthia A. Kozakiewicz
- Main IPC: A61F13/02
- IPC: A61F13/02
Abstract:
The invention features novel topical ophthalmic formulations comprising an osmotically active agent and a vasoconstrictor. Suitable osmotically active agents for use in the ophthalmic formulations of the invention include, without limitation, sodium chloride, dextrose, glycerine, sucrose, mannitol, and sorbitol; suitable vasoconstritors include, without limitation, naphazoline and oxymetazoline. Also provided are methods of using the ophthalmic formulations of the invention for the treatment and prevention of eyelid swelling by administering the ophthalmic formulations of the invention to the eye surface of a subject in need thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070264318A1 Compositions for the treatment and prevention of eyelid swelling Public/Granted day:2007-11-15
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