ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,209, issued on April 22, was assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).
"Contact lens and packaging solution" was invented by Victoria Rogers (Pleasanton, Calif.), Dharmendra Jani (Livermore, Calif.) and Camille Regan (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unworn sterile contact lens immersed in a packaging solution and sealed in a container is described as well as an ophthalmically-acceptable packaging solution for contact lenses is described that comprises a poly(2-alkyl-oxazoline) and an acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer. The packaging solution has excellent lubricity, is opticall...