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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Kasey Jon Minick, Burleson, TX (US);
Fiona Patricia Carney, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Karen Belinda Sentell, Alpharetta, GA (US);
George Edward Minno, Windham, NH (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 12/00 (2006.01); A45C 11/04 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 55/02 (2006.01); B65B 25/00 (2006.01); A61L 12/04 (2006.01); G02B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 25/008 (2013.01); A61L 12/04 (2013.01); G02B 1/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to improved contact lens products which not only have initial insertion comfort. The contact lens product of the invention comprises a soft hydrogel contact lens immersed and autoclaved in a packaging solution including a low molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) (or glycerin) and a homopolymer or copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone. The present invention also provides methods for making contact lens products of the invention.