Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enzymatic degradation of colorant in lens care solutions
- Patent Title (中): 镜片护理液中着色剂的酶降解
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Application No.: US12310189Application Date: 2007-08-14
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Publication No.: US08268763B2Publication Date: 2012-09-18
- Inventor: Jennifer Dawn Lane , Mary Mowrey-McKee , Karen Belinda Sentell , Karen Frances Lindley
- Applicant: Jennifer Dawn Lane , Mary Mowrey-McKee , Karen Belinda Sentell , Karen Frances Lindley
- Applicant Address: CH Basel
- Assignee: Novartis AG
- Current Assignee: Novartis AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Basel
- Agent Sheng-Hsin Hu; Jian Zhou
- International Application: PCT/US2007/017961 WO 20070814
- International Announcement: WO2008/021348 WO 20080221
- Main IPC: C11D3/386
- IPC: C11D3/386

Abstract:
The present invention provides a lens care kit for disinfecting and cleaning contact lenses. The lens care kit of the invention comprises a colored lens care solution including a colored protein and a proteolytic enzyme. The kit of the invention allows customers to visually identify when their lenses are disinfected, clean, and ready to wear. The invention relies upon a color change to indicate the completion of disinfection and cleaning of contact lenses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090247443A1 ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF COLORANT IN LENS CARE SOLUTIONS Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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