Patents by Inventor Andrea M. Lever

Andrea M. Lever has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for enhancing integrity of epithelium using retinoic acid
    Patent number: 7087222
    Abstract: A method for improving the integrity of the corneal epithelium by introducing into the eye an effective amount of a ophthalmically compatible retinoid sufficient to enhance the integrity of the corneal epithelium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrea M. Lever, Richard V. Smerbeck, O. William Lever, Jr., Joseph C. Salamone
  • Method for enhancing integrity of epithelium using retinoic acid
    Publication number: 20040225110
    Abstract: A method for improving the integrity of the corneal epithelium by introducing into the eye an effective amount of a ophthalmically compatible retinoid sufficient to enhance the integrity of the corneal epithelium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Andrea M. Lever, Richard V. Smerbeck, O. William Lever, Joseph C. Salamone
  • Method for enhancing integrity of epithelium using retinoic acid
    Patent number: 6787131
    Abstract: A method for improving the integrity of the corneal epithelium by introducing into the eye an effective amount of a ophthalmically compatible retinoid sufficient to enhance the integrity of the corneal epithelium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrea M. Lever, Richard V. Smerbeck, O. William Lever, Jr., Joseph C. Salamone
  • Method for enhancing integrity of epithelium using retinoic acid
    Publication number: 20020115720
    Abstract: A method for improving the integrity of the corneal epithelium by introducing into the eye an effective amount of a ophthalmically compatible retinoid sufficient to enhance the integrity of the corneal epithelium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Andrea M. Lever, Richard V. Smerbeck, O. William Lever, Joseph C. Salamone
  • Method for providing rapid disinfection of contact lenses
    Patent number: 5965088
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to method of disinfecting a contact lens with an ophthalmically safe disinfecting aqueous solution comprising about 2.0 to about 8.0 ppm of a bis(biguanide) having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of branched or unbranched alkyl having 4-12 carbon atoms, ether or thioether radical having 4-12 carbon atoms, or cycloalkyl or cycloalkyl-alky radical having 5-12 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having 1-12 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having 1-12 carbon atoms, or cycloalkyl or cycloalkyl-alkyl having 5-12, carbon atoms; R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl radical having 1-6 carbon atoms, and A in the above formula is selected from the group consisting of a divalent alkyl, alkyloxyalkyl, or alkylsufide radical each having 4-12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Inventors: Andrea M. Lever, O. William Lever, Jr.