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 includes a sealed container containing one or more unused ophthalmic devices immersed in an aqueous packaging solution containing (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.
Claims20
A packaging system for the storage of an ophthalmic device comprising 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,
- (c) one or more polyol demulcents, and
- (d) one or more phosphate buffers as the only buffer;
- 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.
A method of preparing a package 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 (i) one or more osmoprotectants, (ii) one or more poloxamer comfort agents, (iii) one or more polyol demulcents, and (iv) one or more phosphate buffers as the only buffer, 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 ophthalmic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.