Contact lens cleaning composition containing lipid solvent and method of using
OwnerEugene A. Lloyd, Peter Madri +1inventors
InventorsEugene A. Lloyd, Peter Madri, William J. Closson
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Abstract
A composition for cleaning lenses which includes a non-polar solvent in the form of cyclohexane and/or ethyl acetate with a trace amount of an organic solvent in the form of chloroform or ethyl acetate and a polar solvent in the form of an alcohol. The composition further includes thimerosal, a wetting agent, a surfactant, and a buffer. The composition is provided as a saline solution.
Claims43
A composition suitable for cleaning lenses and adapted to provide for enhanced solubility of lipids and lipoproteins which comprises in aqueous solution 0.001 to 1.0% by volume of a non-polar solvent which is cyclohexane or ethyl acetate.
A method for the cleaning of a contact lens comprising applying to the lens a composition which includes in aqueous solution 0.001 to 1.0% by volume of a non-polar solvent which is cyclohexane or ethyl acetate.
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