Packaging solutions
AssigneeBausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
InventorsMark Mis, Jade Russell, Alok Kumar Awasthi
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Abstract
A packaging system for the storage of an unused 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 hyaluronic acid or a salt or a derivative thereof and tremella. 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 unused ophthalmic device comprising:
- a sealed container containing one or more unused ophthalmic devices immersed in an aqueous packaging solution comprising hyaluronic acid or a salt or a derivative thereof and tremella;
- 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 unused ophthalmic device;
- (b) immersing the unused ophthalmic device in an aqueous packaging solution comprising (i) hyaluronic acid or a salt or a derivative thereof and (ii) tremella, 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 unused ophthalmic device in a manner preventing contamination of the unused ophthalmic device by microorganisms;
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- (d) sterilizing the packaged solution and the unused ophthalmic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.