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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Alok Kumar Awasthi, Pittsford, NY (US);
Erning Xia, Penfield, NY (US);
Jennah L. Wolcott, Perry, NY (US);
Ruth Julian, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/722 (2006.01); A61L 12/08 (2006.01); A61L 12/04 (2006.01); A61L 12/12 (2006.01); B65B 25/00 (2006.01); C11D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 12/086 (2013.01); A61L 12/04 (2013.01); A61L 12/12 (2013.01); B65B 25/008 (2013.01); C11D 3/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packaging system for storing ophthalmic devices such as contact lenses and methods for packaging such ophthalmic devices with solutions is disclosed. The packaging system contains an unused, ophthalmic device in an aqueous packaging solution comprising tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane or a salt thereof; wherein the solution has an osmolality of at least about 200 mOsm/kg and a pH in the range of about 6 to about 9.