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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
David Paul Vanderbilt, Webster, NY (US);
Paul L. Valint, Jr., Pittsford, NY (US);
David Paul Vanderbilt, Webster, NY (US);
Paul L. Valint, Jr., Pittsford, NY (US);
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Packaging systems for storing ophthalmic devices such as contact lenses and to methods for packaging such ophthalmic devices with solutions to improve the comfort of the lenses during wear are disclosed. A packaging system includes an ophthalmic device stored in an aqueous packaging solution comprising a brush copolymer comprising (a) monomeric units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing one or more boronic acid moieties; and (b) monomeric units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated-containing hydrophilic macromonomer.