Packaging solutions
AssigneeBausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
InventorsAlok K. Awasthi, Jade J. Russell, Mark R. Mis
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Abstract
A packaging system for the storage of an ophthalmic device is disclosed. The packaging system includes a sealed container containing one or more unused ophthalmic devices immersed in an aqueous packaging solution that includes ectoine or an ophthalmologically acceptable ectoine derivative. The aqueous packaging solution has an osmolality of at least about 150 mOsm/kg, a pH of about 6 to about 9 and is sterilized.
Claims20
A packaging system for storage of an ophthalmic device comprising:
- a sealed container containing one or more unused ophthalmic devices immersed in an aqueous packaging solution comprising about 0.01 weight percent to about 10 weight percent, based on the total weight of the aqueous packaging solution, of ectoine or an ophthalmologically acceptable ectoine derivative;
- 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 sterilized.
A method of preparing a packaging system comprising a storable, sterile ophthalmic device, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an ophthalmic device;
- (b) immersing the ophthalmic device in an aqueous packaging solution comprising about 0.01 weight percent to about 10 weight percent, based on the total weight of the aqueous packaging solution, of ectoine or an ophthalmologically acceptable ectoine derivative;
- 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;
- (c) packaging the aqueous packaging solution and the ophthalmic device in a manner preventing contamination of the ophthalmic device by microorganisms;
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- (d) sterilizing the packaged solution and the ophthalmic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.