Contact lens wetting solution
AssigneeBausch & Lomb Incorporated
InventorsLai Ogunbiyi, Francis X. Smith
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Abstract
An improved wetting solution for contact lenses is disclosed. The solution contains gelatin as a wetting agent in an amount less than 1% by weight of the solution so that the viscosity of the solution is substantially less than 15 CPS at 25.degree. C. The solution may also contain a biguanide as a preservative.
Claims2
An aqueous contact lens wetting solution containing gelatin as a first demulcent, in an amount of at least 0.01% by weight but less than 0.75% by weight, collagen as a second demulcent, boric acid and sodium borate as buffering agents, the amount of buffering agent being within the range of 0.05 to 2.5% by weight, sodium chloride and potassium chloride as tonicity agents so that the osmotic pressure of the solution approximates normal lacrimal fluids, and a microbicidally effective amount of a biguanide as a germicide, the viscosity of the solution being less than 15 CPS at 25.degree. C.
An aqueous contact lens wetting solution containing gelatin as a first demulcent, in an amount of at least 0.01% by weight but less than 0.75% by weight, collagen as a second demulcent, boric acid and sodium borate as buffering agents, the amount of buffering agent being within the range of 0.05 to 2.5% by weight, sodium chloride and potassium chloride as tonicity agents so that the osmotic pressure of the solution approximates normal lacrimal fluids, a microbicidally effective amount of the hydrochloride salt of polyhexamethylene-biguanide as a germicide, and disodium edetate as a sequestering agent, the viscosity of the solution being less than 15 CPS at 25.degree. C.
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