Patents by Inventor Cara Larraine Baustian

Cara Larraine Baustian 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).

  • Nutritional supplement to treat macular degeneration
    Patent number: 8603522
    Abstract: A daily nutritional or dietary supplement composition that strengthens and promotes retinal health through the prevention, stabilization, reversal and/or treatment of visual acuity loss by reducing the risk of developing late stage or advanced age-related macular degeneration in persons with early age-related macular degeneration. The ingredients of the daily nutritional or dietary supplement composition include vitamin C, vitamin E, lutein, zinc and copper. The ingredients are preferably provided in a tablet form suitable for oral ingestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Bartels, Cara Larraine Baustian, George Edwin Bunce, Leon Ellenbogen, Frederick L. Ferris, III, Jin Kinoshita, James Cecil Smith, Jr., David A. Souerwine
  • Nutritional supplement to treat macular degeneration
    Publication number: 20040052863
    Abstract: A nutritional or dietary supplement composition that strengthens and promotes retinal health through the prevention, stabilization, reversal and/or treatment of visual acuity loss by reducing the risk of developing late stage or advanced age-related macular degeneration in persons with early age-related macular degeneration. The nutritional or dietary supplement composition may likewise reduce the risk of vision loss associated with the development of cataracts. The essential ingredients of the nutritional or dietary supplement composition are vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, zinc and copper. The essential ingredients are preferably provided in a tablet form suitable for oral ingestion. Preferably the composition is taken in the form of one or two tablets taken twice daily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Bartels, Cara Larraine Baustian, George Edwin Bunce, Leon Ellenbogen, Frederick L. Ferris, Jin Kinoshita, James Cecil Smith, David A. Souerwine
  • Nutritional supplement to treat macular degeneration
    Patent number: 6660297
    Abstract: A nutritional or dietary supplement composition that strengthens and promotes retinal health through the prevention, stabilization, reversal and/or treatment of visual acuity loss by reducing the risk of developing late stage or advanced age-related macular degeneration in persons with early age-related macular degeneration. The nutritional or dietary supplement composition may likewise reduce the risk of vision loss associated with the development of cataracts. The essential ingredients of the nutritional or dietary supplement composition are vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, zinc and copper. The essential ingredients are preferably provided in a tablet form suitable for oral ingestion. Preferably the composition is taken in the form of one or two tablets taken twice daily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Bartels, Cara Larraine Baustian, George Edwin Bunce, Leon Ellenbogen, Frederick L. Ferris, III, Jin Kinoshita, James Cecil Smith, Jr., David A. Souerwine
  • Nutritional supplement to treat macular degeneration
    Publication number: 20020182266
    Abstract: A nutritional or dietary supplement composition that strengthens and promotes retinal health through the prevention, stabilization, reversal and/or treatment of visual acuity loss by reducing the risk of developing late stage or advanced age-related macular degeneration in persons with early age-related macular degeneration. The nutritional or dietary supplement composition may likewise reduce the risk of vision loss associated with the development of cataracts. The essential ingredients of the nutritional or dietary supplement composition are vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, zinc and copper. The essential ingredients are preferably provided in a tablet form suitable for oral ingestion. Preferably the composition is taken in the form of one or two tablets taken twice daily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Bartels, Cara Larraine Baustian, George Edwin Bunce, Leon Ellenbogen, Frederick L. Ferris, Jin Kinoshita, James Cecil Smith, David A. Souerwine