OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION
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1. A composition comprising:
- a. from about 10 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a polyquaternium compound having a weight average molecular weight of from about 150 to about 15,000 Daltons;
b. from about 0.001% to about 0.5% of an anionic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to about 4,000,000 Daltons; and
c. an effective amount of an organic acid, salts thereof or mixtures thereof, such that the organic acid binds with the polyquaternium compound at at least a 1;
1 molar ratio;
wherein the composition is substantially free of cationic oligomer compounds and precipitation inhibiting compounds.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to ophthalmic compositions for treatment of conditions in the eye. More specifically, the present invention relates to ophthalmic compositions comprising a polyquaternium compound and an anionic polymer. Methods for reducing and/or preventing the incompatibility of polyquaternium compounds with anionic polymers are also disclosed.
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21 Claims
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1. A composition comprising:
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a. from about 10 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a polyquaternium compound having a weight average molecular weight of from about 150 to about 15,000 Daltons; b. from about 0.001% to about 0.5% of an anionic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to about 4,000,000 Daltons; and c. an effective amount of an organic acid, salts thereof or mixtures thereof, such that the organic acid binds with the polyquaternium compound at at least a 1;
1 molar ratio;wherein the composition is substantially free of cationic oligomer compounds and precipitation inhibiting compounds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of reducing, inhibiting or preventing the precipitation of a polyquaternium compound and an anionic polymer in a composition comprising such compounds, comprising the steps of:
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i) providing from about 0.001% to about 0.5% of an anionic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 250 to about 4,000,000 Daltons; ii) adding an effective amount of an organic acid, salts thereof or mixtures thereof, such that the organic acid binds with the monomer units of the polyquaternium compound at at least a 1;
1 molar ratio; andiii) adding from about 10 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a polyquaternium compound having a weight average molecular weight of from about 150 to about 15,000 Daltons; wherein the composition is substantially free of cationic oligomer compounds and precipitation inhibiting compounds.
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