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Granted Patent B2
US 10,661,964 · App. 15/468,311 · Granted May 26, 2020

Packages for ophthalmic lenses containing pharmaceutical agents

Inventors: Michael Tokarski (Ponte Vedre, FL); Shivkumar Mahadevan (Orange Park, FL); Scott Ansell (Jacksonville, FL); Vincent Barre (Jacksonville, FL)
Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
B65D81/22A45C11/005A61K31/4535B65D65/40B65D75/326B65D75/366B65D85/54B65B25/008B65D2585/545
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,661,964
App. No.
15/468,311
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A packaging for an ophthalmic lens containing a pharmaceutical agent.

Claims (22)

1. A package containing an ophthalmic lens in solution comprising:

a blister bowl, an ophthalmic lens and a pharmaceutical agent;

said blister bowl with said pharmaceutical agent heated to an elevated temperature above room temperature;

a cover covering said blister bowl;

wherein said blister bowl comprises a material that absorbs less than about 16% of said pharmaceutical agent; and

wherein the material of the blister bowl is polyetherimide.

2. The package of claim 1 wherein the cover comprises an adhesive laminate, comprising an inner layer.

3. The package of claim 1 wherein said blister bowl comprises a material that absorbs less than about 10% of said pharmaceutical agent.

4. The package of claim 1 wherein said polyetherimide has a glass transition temperature of greater than about 220° C.

5. The package of claim 1 wherein said blister bowl comprises a material that absorbs between less than about 8% and about 3% of said pharmaceutical agents.

6. The package of claim 1 further comprising that the pharmaceutical agent is ketotifen fumarate or one of its salts.

7. A package containing an ophthalmic lens in solution comprising:

a blister bowl, an ophthalmic lens and a pharmaceutical agent;

said blister bowl with said pharmaceutical agent heated to an elevated temperature at or above 124 C;

a cover covering said blister bowl;

wherein said blister bowl comprises a material that absorbs less than about 16% of said pharmaceutical agent; and

wherein the material of the blister bowl is polyetherimide.

8. The package of claim 7 wherein the cover comprises an adhesive laminate, comprising an inner layer.

9. The package of claim 7 wherein said blister bowl comprises a material that absorbs less than about 10% of said pharmaceutical agent.

10. The package of claim 7 wherein said polyetherimide has a glass transition temperature of greater than about 220° C.

11. The package of claim 7 wherein said blister bowl comprises a material that absorbs between less than about 8% and about 3% of said pharmaceutical agents.

12. The package of claim 7 further comprising that the pharmaceutical agent is ketotifen fumarate or one of its salts.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 11770778 · Jun 29, 2007
Provisional Application 60819759 · Jul 10, 2006
Related Publication 20170190497A1 · Jul 6, 2017
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