US Patent Issued to Yeda Research and Development on April 15 for "Surface treatment of contact lens and treatment of ocular discomfort by water soluble polymers and lipids/liposomes" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,786, issued on April 15, was assigned to Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Surface treatment of contact lens and treatment of ocular discomfort by water soluble polymers and lipids/liposomes" was invented by Jacob Klein (Rehovot, Israel), Ronit Goldberg (Rehovot, Israel) and Jasmine Seror (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Formulations (e.g., solutions) comprising one or more water-soluble polymer(s), liposomes, and an aqueous carrier, are provided. The provided solutions are useful for rinsing, and/or immersing therein, a contact lens and/or in the treatment of ocular discomfort, for example, an ...