US 11,878,042 B2
Compositions and methods for treating the eye
Wen-Hwa Ting Li, Cranbury, NJ (US); Khalid Mahmood, Lawrenceville, NJ (US); Ramine Parsa, Lawrenceville, NJ (US); Manpreet Randhawa, Robbinsville, NJ (US); Mingqi Bai, Jacksonville, FL (US); and Kenneth T Holeva, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,513.
Application 17/737,513 is a division of application No. 17/029,236, filed on Sep. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,357,805.
Application 17/029,236 is a continuation of application No. 16/519,161, filed on Jul. 23, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/703,948, filed on Jul. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378858 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 36/064 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/02 (2006.01); A61K 47/10 (2017.01); A61K 47/12 (2006.01); A61K 47/18 (2017.01); A61K 47/22 (2006.01); A61K 47/26 (2006.01); A61K 47/38 (2006.01); A61K 47/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 36/064 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 47/02 (2013.01); A61K 47/10 (2013.01); A61K 47/12 (2013.01); A61K 47/183 (2013.01); A61K 47/186 (2013.01); A61K 47/22 (2013.01); A61K 47/26 (2013.01); A61K 47/38 (2013.01); A61K 47/46 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
 
1. A method for producing/releasing/delivering/excreting mucin from and/or in the cornea comprising the step of administering a composition comprising:
i) one or more extracts of the genus Pichia; and
ii) optionally, an ophthalmologically acceptable carrier.