US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on Sept. 2 for "Ophthalmic compositions and methods for reducing oxidative damage to an eye lens" (California, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,088, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Ophthalmic compositions and methods for reducing oxidative damage to an eye lens" was invented by Ori Braun (Palo Alto, Calif.), Martin G. O'Toole (Louisville, Ky.) and Shlomit Schaal (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of reducing oxidative damage to an eye of a subject are provided. Aspects of the method include intravitreal injection an antioxidant composition consisting essentially of a non-reducing sugar or a hydrate thereof. In some embodiments, the non-reducing sugar is trehalose. The methods can fu...