Toyo Contact Lens Company, Limited

Shunichi Hioki

Akira Tsuzuki

Kyoichi Tanaka

Takeo Kibe

A cleaning and storage composition for contact lens comprising an anionic surface active agent and a non-ionic surface active agent. The composition has synergistically increased cleaning effect and safety to eye tissue by the combination use of anionic and non-ionic surface active agents, and it is suitable for use in storing contact lenses as well as cleaning the lenses.

Contact lens cleaning and storage composition

A cleaning composition for contact lenses, comprises, as the major component, polypropyleneoxide-polyethyleneoxide block copolymers (Pluronic type) and/or condensation products of polypropyleneoxide-polyethyleneoxide block copolymers with ethylene diamine (Tetronic type), in which said major component is a mixture of those having an ethyleneoxide content of from 35 to 55% by weight and a molecular weight of from 1,500 to 10,000 and those having an ethyleneoxide content of from 70 to 90% by weight and a molecular weight of at least 4,000.

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Ichinomiya, Japan

Shunichi Hioki