Novartis Ag

Celeste Aguado

Yongxing Qiu

Lynn Cook Winterton

John Martin Lally

Paul Clement Nicolson

Yasuo Matsuzawa

Courtney Flem Morgan

Jacalyn Mary Schremmer

Nicolae Enciu

Lawrence David Keyes

Lynda Ann Lebel

Karl William Rosenblum

David Bruce Lauer

Dale Edward Slack

The present invention provides a method and a container for sterilizing a soft contact lens and for providing a sterilized storage package of the soft contact lens maintained in a packaging solution. By using the method and container of the invention, deformations of soft contact lenses during autoclave can be substantially reduced.

Method and kits for sterilizing and storing soft contact lenses

An ophthalmic lens suited for extended-wear periods of at least one day on the eye without a clinically significant amount of corneal swelling and without substantial wearer discomfort. The lens has a balance of oxygen permeability and ion or water permeability, with the ion or water permeability being sufficient to provide good on-eye movement, such that a good tear exchange occurs between the lens and the eye. A preferred lens is a copolymerization product of a oxyperm macromer and an ionoperm monomer. The invention encompasses extended wear contact lenses, which include a core having oxygen transmission and ion transmission pathways extending from the inner surface to the outer surface.

Polymeric materials for making contact lenses

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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