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Dry eye treatment solution and method

US4914088A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 23, 1987
Grant dateApr 3, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 23, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61P27/02
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and composition for treating dry eye. The method comprises addition of a positively or negatively charged, complex phospholipid to the ocular surface of the eye. The phospholipid is desirably added in a treatment composition, preferably in the form of an aqueous emulsion. It is believed that the phospholipid component of the treatment composition permits replication of a tear film.

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