Packaging solutions
AssigneeBausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
InventorsVicki Barniak, Catherine Scheuer, Ruth Julian, William T. Reindel, Erning Xia
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Abstract
A packaging system for the storage of an ophthalmic device is disclosed. The packaging system comprises a sealed container containing one or more unused ophthalmic devices immersed in an aqueous packaging solution comprising (a) one or more osmoprotectants, (b) one or more poloxamer comfort agents and (c) one or more polyol demulcents, wherein the aqueous packaging solution has an osmolality of at least about 150 mOsm/kg, a pH of about 6 to about 9 and is heat sterilized.
Claims22
A packaging system for the storage of an ophthalmic device including a sealed container containing one or more unused ophthalmic devices immersed in an aqueous packaging solution consisting of:
- (a) erythritol;
- (b) one or more poloxamer comfort agents;
- (c) one or more polyol demulcents;
- (d) sodium chloride, potassium chloride or any combination thereof;
- (e) a poloxamine;
- (f) one or more buffers;
- and
- (g) water;
- wherein the aqueous packaging solution has an osmolality of at least about 150 mOsm/kg, a pH of about 6 to about 9 and is beat sterilized.
A method of preparing a package comprising a storable, sterile ophthalmic device, the method comprising consisting of:
- (a) immersing an ophthalmic device in an aqueous packaging solution consisting of:
- (i) erythritol,
- (ii) one or more poloxamer comfort agents,
- (iii) one or more polyol demulcents,
- (iv) sodium chloride, potassium chloride or any combination thereof,
- (v) a poloxamine,
- (vi) one or more buffers, and
- (vii) water;
- wherein the aqueous packaging solution has an osmolality of at least about 150 mOsm/kg and a pH in the range of about 6 to about 9;
- (b) packaging the aqueous packaging solution and the ophthalmic device in a manner preventing contamination of the ophthalmic device by microorganisms;
- and
- (c) sterilizing the packaged aqueous packaging solution and the ophthalmic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.