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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anil Salpekar, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 28 ; 422 30 ; 422 34 ; 424 7804 ; 424616 ; 514-2 ;
Abstract
A composition and method for disinfecting and cleaning contact lenses is taught wherein the lenses are contacted with a composition including solid PVP-H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and a solid neutralizing component for neutralizing residual H.sub.2 O.sub.2. The composition may also include a preserved saline solution in which the composition components are contacted with the lenses substantially simultaneously. The neutralizer component may be a metal catalyst, a chemical salt or an enzyme. The effect of the neutralizer component may be delayed until after disinfecting is complete.