MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202518061571 A) filed by Uram, Martin, Silver, U.S.A., on June 27, for 'anesthetic composition and method of anesthetizing the eye.'
Inventor(s) include Uram, Martin.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A topical ophthalmic anesthetic composition includes a formulation with an amount of articaine to provide anesthetic properties when applied topically to the eye, and a pH, viscosity, osmolality, dissociation constant, and additives such as antioxidants, buffers, methylcellulose, to achieve efficacy and safety. The composition can contain articaine in amounts of about 4.0% w/v to about 12.0% w/v and have a pH of about pH 3.5 to pH 7.0. The buffer can be borate/mannitol complex obtained from boric acid or salt thereof and D-mannitol. The articaine formulations can achieve adequate anesthesia of the internal aspect of the eye wall by topical application, without the use of an injectable anesthetic. Exemplary implementations of the disclosure include formulations include articaine in an amount of at least 7.0% w/v, where the formulation is an aqueous solution, a gel, an ointment, or in an encapsulated form."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 16, 2020, under International application No.PCT/US2020/022915.
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