WO2010103573A1 - コンタクトレンズの流通保存方法及びコンタクトレンズパッケージ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for circulating and storing contact lenses.
- the present invention relates to a contact lens package suitably used in such a circulation storage method.
- Contact lenses are often months to years old as a period of distribution and storage, from being manufactured by the manufacturer until actually being used by the user.
- a contact lens manufactured by a manufacturer is first delivered to a contact lens retailer after an inventory period of the manufacturer, and then the storefront of the retailer It is sold to the user after the stock period in, and is used (worn) by the user after the user's own storage period.
- the contact lens in addition to storage at the manufacturer's warehouse after manufacture, the contact lens has various environmental conditions at each stage such as transportation to a store, inventory at a storefront, storage by the user himself, etc. Will be placed under
- the contact lens is a medical article and is directly worn on the human body, that is, the eye of the user, it maintains sterility over a long period of time before actual use, and the contact lens etc. A stable storage condition that can prevent the deterioration of
- the contact lenses are immersed in a packaging solution and accommodated in a thick container of a hard resin of an appropriate volume, A contact lens package in a form sealed by a sealing sheet is used.
- a contact lens package is sterilized by heat sterilization or the like and shipped from the manufacturer, and the package is opened only when the user uses it, and the contact lens is used.
- the contact lens package of such a conventional structure has a problem that the package is large and bulky, and the carrying is troublesome.
- disposable contact lenses that are worn for a short period, such as daily wear, have a problem in that they are not suitable for carrying a plurality of contact lenses during business trips or travel.
- the applicant has proposed a compact and portable contact lens package as described in Patent Document 2.
- the entire package is formed as a thin sheet-like structure so that the contact lens can be stored in a space-saving manner by enclosing only a small amount of packaging solution, and a plurality of contact lenses can be carried together. Is also easy.
- the storage cost and the distribution cost can be advantageously suppressed from the space saving property.
- a contact lens package as described in Patent Document 3 has also been proposed.
- the contact lens package described in Patent Document 3 includes a base and a cover, and the contact lens and the packaging solution are accommodated in a dome-shaped recess formed in the base. .
- the amount of the solution for packaging the contact lens required at the time of encapsulation is less than 0.75 mL because the shape of the recess is dome-shaped to match the shape of the contact lens.
- the manufacturing cost can be reduced as compared with the conventional contact lens package.
- the pH of the packaging solution fluctuates due to the elution of the polymer substrate from the soft contact lens and the decomposition product thereof, and the dissolution of carbon dioxide in the packaging solution from the outside of the contact lens package. It became clear that it was If the pH of the packaging solution fluctuates, the product specification of the soft contact lens may be affected, and the optical characteristics of the contact lens may be changed, which may cause a defect in vision correction. Furthermore, if the pH fluctuates significantly, there is a risk that the packaging solution may cause eye irritation when it comes into contact with the eye during contact lens wear. Therefore, it is preferred that the pH be kept constant.
- the problem to be solved by the present invention regarding the method for distributing and storing contact lenses made against the background as described above is that a packaging solution having a large pH buffering capacity is adopted in a contact lens package with a small volume. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for circulating and storing contact lenses, which can save space and stably store contact lenses.
- a problem to be solved by the present invention relating to a contact lens package is to provide a novel contact lens package capable of stably distributing and storing contact lenses by adopting a packaging solution having a large pH buffering ability. is there.
- the present invention relating to a method of circulating and storing a contact lens is a method of circulating and storing a contact lens using a contact lens package containing a packaging solution and the contact lens, wherein a soft contact lens is used as the contact lens
- the invention is characterized in that the volume of the packaging solution is 0.1 to 1.0 mL, and the buffer capacity of the packaging solution is 3 mmol / L or more.
- the packaging solution is made to have a large pH buffering ability, elution of the polymer substrate from the soft contact lens, the outside of the contact lens package, The dissolution of carbon dioxide in the packaging solution from the container, etc. can suppress the fluctuation of the pH of the packaging solution, and the contact lens is kept in a stable storage state even with a small volume of the packaging solution. be able to.
- the specification variation of the soft contact lens due to the pH variation, the change in the optical characteristics of the contact lens, and the like can be suppressed, and the adverse effect of vision correction can be prevented.
- the change in pH is maintained within 1.0, eye irritation at the time of contact lens wearing can also be suppressed.
- the packaging solution holds the contact lens in a swollen state during the storage period from the packaging of the contact lens in the manufacturing process of the contact lens package to the distribution process after manufacture and the use by the user.
- a solution is a solution.
- the buffer capacity as an index showing the buffer capacity of the packaging solution is defined as follows. That is, when adding the acidic component to the packaging solution, the value obtained by measuring how many mmol of the acidic component can be added per 1 L of the solution until the pH drops to 1.0 from the initial pH value , And buffer volume (mmol / L).
- the present invention relating to a contact lens package is a contact lens package containing a packaging solution and a contact lens, wherein a soft contact lens is used as the contact lens, while the volume of the storage area of the contact lens package is accommodated.
- the volume of the soft contact lens is removed to 0.1 to 1.0 mL, and a solution having a buffer volume of 3 mmol / L or more is adopted as the packaging solution.
- a packaging solution having a large pH buffering capacity is adopted, even in a compact contact lens package having a packaging solution of 1.0 mL or less, it can be stored during distribution.
- the fluctuation of the pH of the packaging solution in the above can be suppressed, and the contact lens can be kept in a stable storage state.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the contact lens package shown in FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the contact lens package used for another embodiment of this invention regarding the distribution method of contact lenses.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing the pH change of another comparative example of the packaging solution used in the contact lens package shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing the pH change of yet another example of the packaging solution used in the contact lens package shown in FIG. 1.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 schematically show a contact lens package 10 used in an embodiment of the present invention related to a method of circulating and storing contact lenses.
- the contact lens package 10 contains the contact lens 12 and the packaging solution 14 in a sealed manner, and is used for circulation and storage of the contact lens 12.
- the contact lens package 10 has a structure in which two front and back sheet materials 16 as sheet layers are stacked on each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in the vicinity of the four sides of the rectangular sheet material 16, there is formed an adhesion portion 18 in which the sheet material 16 of the front and back is adhered by heat sealing or the like. Thus, a storage area 20 for storing the contact lens 12 is formed between the overlapping surfaces of the front and back sheet materials 16 on the inner peripheral side of the contact portion 18.
- the material of the sheet material 16 used for the contact lens 12 is not particularly limited as long as the material can provide sufficient sealing performance and the like, but in the present embodiment, PET 12 ⁇ m in order from the outside to the inside A laminated film obtained by laminating film materials in the order of aluminum laminate 20 ⁇ m, PET 12 ⁇ m, and CPP 35 ⁇ m is used. CPP 35 ⁇ m is adopted for easy peeling treatment. Further, the permeability of carbon dioxide of the sheet material 16 in the present embodiment is set to 1.0 cm 3 / (m 2 ⁇ hr ⁇ atm) or less.
- seat material 16 in this embodiment is formed in the rectangular circumferential shape as a whole by two sheet materials 16 of front and back being contact
- the housing area 20 of the contact lens 12 is defined between the overlapping surfaces of the sheet material 16 on the inner peripheral side of the contact portion 18.
- the adhesion portion 18 is formed by closely adhering the sheet members 16 to each other by a known adhesion method such as heat sealing. Then, when the contact lens package 10 is unsealed, the contact portions 12 are separated from each other so that the contact lens 12 is taken out from the accommodation area 20.
- the easy-to-peel process (easy-peel process) is performed on the contact portion 18 so that the user can easily peel the mutual sheet material 16 when the contact lens package 10 is opened.
- the opening start portion 22 is formed on the outer peripheral side of one side of the close contact portion 18 having a rectangular shape.
- the unsealing start portion 22 is formed so as to extend from the outer peripheral side of the close contact portion 18, and the two sheet members 16 are left in a state where they are not in close contact with each other. Therefore, when the contact lens package 10 is opened, the user can insert a finger between the mutually overlapping surfaces of the opening start portion 22 so that each end of the two sheet members 16 can be easily grasped. It has become.
- each protrusion 24 works as a grip, so that each sheet 16 can be grasped more easily. It is done.
- the entire surface of the contact lens package 10 is opened by peeling off the two sheet materials 16 in the separation direction sequentially from the side of the opening start portion 22 where the protrusion 24 is formed, and the storage area 20 is opened.
- the accommodated contact lens 12 is taken out.
- the housing area 20 is formed on the inner peripheral side of the close contact portion 18 so as to be defined between the overlapping surfaces of the front and back sheet materials 16. In the storage area 20, the packaging solution 14 and the contact lens 12 will be stored.
- a soft contact lens is adopted as the contact lens 12 in the present embodiment.
- the present embodiment according to the distribution and storage method of the contact lens is suitably adopted particularly in the distribution and storage of disposable soft contact lenses which are used disposablely in a short period such as one day wearing and two weeks wearing. .
- the forming material of the contact lens 12 employed in the present embodiment is a forming material generally used as a forming material of the soft contact lens
- resin materials composed of various polymerizable monomers may be adopted, and the invention is particularly limited.
- the present embodiment may be suitably employed in a contact lens made of a material producing an acidic component. Examples of contact lens materials that produce such an acidic component include components containing an acryl group and a methacryl group.
- methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, propyl methacrylate, methacrylic acid Isopropyl, butyl methacrylate, hydroxymethyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, glycerol methacrylate, ethylene glycol methacrylate, acrylic acid, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, acrylic Isopropyl acid, butyl acrylate, dimethyl acrylamide and the like can be mentioned.
- these materials may be used alone, or a plurality of materials may be used in combination. In addition, some additives may be appropriately blended.
- the packaging solution 14 is accommodated in the accommodation area 20 together with the contact lens 12. Since the storage area 20 has a structure in which the flexible sheet material 16 is sealed by the contact portion 18, the storage volume is variable according to the amount of the packaging solution 14. That is, in the housing area 20 of the contact lens package 10 of the present embodiment, 0.1 to 1.0 mL of a packaging solution may be accommodated together with the contact lens 12 except for the volume of the contact lens. Incidentally, in the present embodiment, about 0.1 to 0.3 mL of the packaging solution 14 is housed in a sealed state, and the storage volume thereof is about 0.1 to 0.5 mL.
- the contact lens 12 is immersed in the packaging solution 14 in a state of being compressed and deformed in the front-rear direction (direction in which the contact lens 12 becomes convex in a mountain shape) inside such a housing area 20. It will be done.
- the contact lens 12 since the contact lens 12 is formed of a soft contact lens material, it can be easily compressed and deformed. Also, after opening, the contact lens 12 can be easily restored to a predetermined convex shape by the elasticity of the contact lens 12 itself.
- the packaging solution 14 of the present embodiment a solution having a buffer capacity of 3 mmol / L or more is used.
- the value of the buffer capacity as an index indicating the buffer capacity is defined as follows. That is, when adding the acidic component to the packaging solution 14, it was determined how many mmol of the acidic component can be added per 1 L of the solution until the pH drops to 1.0 from the initial pH value. The value is taken as buffer volume (mmol / L).
- the buffer volume of the solution is measured as follows. First, the value of the initial pH of the buffer solution used as the packaging solution 14 is measured by a pH meter. At this time, if necessary, the pH value is more preferably in the range of 6.0 to 7.5 so as to be in the range of 5.5 to 8.0, which is desirable for use as the packaging solution 14. As such, adjust the pH using an appropriate titration solution such as hydrochloric acid. Then, in the present embodiment, a hydrochloric acid solution is used as a titration solution containing an acidic component, and this is dropped to a buffer solution to be measured to observe the state of the drop in pH, and the pH of the solution is initial.
- an appropriate titration solution such as hydrochloric acid
- the cumulative dropping amount (mmol) of hydrochloric acid when the value decreased 1.0 from the value was examined.
- the value (mmol / L) of buffer volume was determined depending on how many mmoles of hydrochloric acid were dropped per 1 mL of buffer solution.
- the buffer volume was measured by dropping 60 ⁇ L each of the hydrochloric acid solution to 30 mL of the buffer solution to be measured using a hydrochloric acid solution having a concentration of 0.5 mol / L. . That is, in this embodiment, 1 mmol of hydrochloric acid (that is, H + and Cl ⁇ ) is dropped to 1 L of the buffer solution, and the cumulative dropping amount of hydrochloric acid when the value of pH decreases by 1.0 The buffer volume (mmol / L) of the solution is determined.
- the buffer solution For example, if the initial pH of the buffer solution is 7.0, and the cumulative dropping amount of hydrochloric acid when the pH reaches 6.0 by the dropwise addition of hydrochloric acid is 3 mmol per liter of the buffer solution, the buffer solution The buffer volume of is 3 mmol / L.
- the buffer capacity of the solution 14 for packaging is adjusted so that the buffer capacity calculated
- the packaging solution 14 contains a buffer, and the buffer is composed of sodium chloride, disodium hydrogen phosphate and sodium dihydrogen phosphate.
- the compounding ratio is 0.6 to 1.0 parts by weight of sodium chloride, 0.05 to 0.3 parts by weight of disodium hydrogen phosphate, and 100 parts by weight of water as a solvent.
- the content of sodium hydrogen is 0.005 to 0.03 parts by weight.
- disodium hydrogen phosphate as a buffering agent is prepared using disodium hydrogen phosphate 12-hydrate, and the above blending ratio is disodium hydrogen phosphate 12-hydrate. It is calculated by subtracting the weight of water from the weight of the product. Similarly, the ratio of sodium dihydrogen phosphate is also calculated by subtracting the weight of water from the weight of sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate actually used. Then, by adding these buffers, the packaging solution 14 is made a phosphate buffer solution with a buffer volume of 3 to 9 mmol / L.
- the buffer added as a buffer to the packaging solution 14 can exhibit the buffer capacity defined by the present invention, and can be applied to the eyes of the user when the contact lens 12 is worn.
- the specific substance and the compounding ratio may be arbitrarily selected as long as they do not affect the effect, but desirably, the substances listed below are employed singly or in combination.
- a phosphoric acid compound which acts as a phosphate buffer phosphoric acid, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate, disodium hydrogen phosphate, disodium hydrogen phosphate ⁇ 12 Hydrate, trisodium phosphate, trisodium phosphate ⁇ 12 hydrate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate ⁇ 10 hydrate, disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate, dipotassium phosphate trihydrate
- carbonate compound which acts as a carbonate buffer sodium hydrogencarbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium carbonate monohydrate, calcium hydrogencarbonate, calcium carbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate and the like can be mentioned.
- boric acid compound which acts as a boric acid buffer solution boric acid, sodium borate, potassium borate, sodium tetraborate ⁇ decahydrate and the like can be mentioned.
- citric acid compound which acts as a citrate buffer citric acid, sodium citrate / dihydrate, potassium citrate / monohydrate and the like can be mentioned.
- acetic acid compound which acts as an acetate buffer
- acetic acid sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium acetate etc.
- hydrochloric acid, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride calcium chloride, sodium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, chloride such as calcium chloride, sodium hydroxide
- hydroxides such as potassium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide, and further, substances such as trishydroxymethylaminomethane and trishydroxymethylaminomethane hydrochloride and the like.
- the buffer for the packaging solution 14 in the present embodiment among the above substances, in particular, a substance selected from sodium dihydrogen phosphate, disodium hydrogen phosphate, boric acid, borax, sodium hydrogen carbonate However, it is desirable that they be employed singly or in combination of two or more of them. Also more desirably, the buffer of the packaging solution 14 comprises sodium chloride, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, and disodium hydrogen phosphate.
- the buffer solution is mixed with the buffer solution 14 to have a buffer volume of 3 mmol / L or more, whereby the package solution 14 has a sufficient buffer capacity for the acidic component.
- the pH of the packaging solution 14 is caused by factors such as elution of the acidic component from methacrylic acid or 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate as the polymerization base material of the contact lens 12. Can be advantageously suppressed or prevented.
- the packaging solution 14 is adjusted to an appropriate osmotic pressure by appropriately adding a substance such as sodium chloride. This can reduce the influence on the eye when the user uses the contact lens 12 and can store the contact lens 12 in a more appropriate state.
- the liquid volume of the packaging solution 14 stored in the storage area 20 of the contact lens package 10 is 0.1 to 1 mL. More preferably, the liquid volume is 0.1 to 0.5 mL. That is, in the conventional contact lens package, if the solution amount of the packaging solution is reduced, the pH is largely lowered during the distribution and storage period, but in the present embodiment, the buffer solution is used as the buffer solution 14.
- the buffer volume is 3 mmol / L or more, so that the pH of the packaging solution 14 can be prevented from decreasing due to the elution of the acidic polymer substrate even in a small amount of liquid, and the pH value It can be kept approximately constant for a long time.
- the storage volume of the contact lens package 10 is desirably 0.1 to 1.0 mL, more desirably 0.1 to 0.5 mL, so as to be able to accommodate the packaging solution 14 and the contact lens 12 having such volumes. Most preferably, the volume is adjusted to 0.15 to 0.3 mL.
- the pH of the packaging solution 14 is desirably adjusted within the range of 5.5 to 8.0, and more desirably within the range of pH 6.0 to 7.5.
- the contact lens 12 can be maintained in a suitable state during circulation and storage of the contact lens 12.
- the packaging solution 14 it is desirable for the packaging solution 14 to have a pH drop of 1.0 or less even during the storage period after being enclosed in the contact lens package 10 at the time of manufacture by the manufacturer.
- the contact lens package 10 is a contact lens between the overlapping surfaces of the two sheet materials 16 in the manufacturer. After being sealed in a sealed state in a sealed state of 12 and the packaging solution 14, it is sterilized by an autoclave or the like and shipped.
- the packaging solution 14 in the contact lens package 10 comprises a buffer and is designed to have a high buffering capacity so that only a small amount of packaging solution 14 of 0.1 to 1.0 mL can be obtained. Even though it is enclosed, the pH of the packaging solution 14 is maintained substantially constant even during distribution and storage after shipment. This allows the contact lens 12 to be stored in an ideal state between the time the contact lens 12 is packaged and the time it is worn by the user.
- the solution 14 for packaging A solution having a buffer volume of 9 mmol / L at pH 7.0 is prepared by blending with 0.03 parts by weight of sodium, and 0.1 mL of the packaging solution 14 and the contact lens 12 are the contact lenses described above.
- the pH of the packaging solution 14 at the time of opening is 6.6, and only 0.4 from the value of the pH at the start of storage It did not decline.
- the contact lens package 10 can be made to have a very small capacity, it can be compared to the distribution storage method using the large capacity contact lens package of the conventional structure as described in JP-A-9-175575. As a result, the amount of the packaging solution 14 contained can be reduced, and in addition, the contact lens 12 can be distributed and stored at low cost, as it is extremely space-saving and lightweight. Further, since the space occupied at the time of storage can be saved, it becomes easy to stock and store a large number of contact lenses 12 of various types according to the optical characteristics in a storefront or a manufacturer. In addition, when it is necessary for the user to carry a large number of contact lenses 12 for travel etc. after purchase, they can be easily carried.
- the sheet-like contact lens package 10 made of the sheet material 16 is adopted as the contact lens package 10, but the contact lens package used in the present invention relates to the flow preservation method of the contact lens. Is not limited to this, and any packaging solution 14 contained in an amount of 0.1 to 1.0 mL can be adopted. In that case, it is desirable that the contact lens 12 be appropriately immersed in a small amount of the packaging solution 14. Moreover, it is needless to say that the contact lens 12 is not limited to being distributed and stored in a compressed state, and one that is distributed and stored in an uncompressed state is also included in the present invention. Furthermore, the contact lens package 10 does not have to be formed of the flexible sheet material 16 on both the front and back sides, and may be, for example, a plate-like sheet having one side rigid.
- a contact lens package 30 made of a hard synthetic resin material may be employed as in the conventional contact lens package.
- members and parts having the same structure as those of the above-described embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the above-described embodiment in the drawings, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the contact lens package 30 shown in FIG. 3 is configured by sealing a package body 32 made of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene with a sheet material 16.
- a concave housing portion 34 is formed in a substantially hemispherical shape in the central portion of the package main body 32, and the contact lens 12 and a small amount of the packaging solution 14 are housed inside the housing portion 34. ing.
- the shape of the housing portion 34 is substantially hemispherical according to the outer shape of the contact lens 12, so only with a smaller amount of the packaging solution 14 than in the conventional contact lens package.
- the contact lens 12 can be sufficiently immersed to reduce the manufacturing cost and the like.
- the buffer capacity of the packaging solution 14 has a buffer capacity of 3 mmol / L.
- the present invention relating to the method of storage of contact lenses and the present invention relating to contact lens packages will be described to further clarify the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It goes without saying that the description of such an embodiment does not impose any limitation.
- the present invention also includes various changes and modifications based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention other than the above specific description. It should be understood that it is possible to add improvements, etc.
- phosphate buffer solutions P-1,. P-2, P-3
- carbonate buffer C-1, C-2, C-3
- borate buffer B-1, B-2, B-3
- phosphoric acid boric acid
- the phosphate buffer solutions P-1, P-2, P-3 shown as Examples 1 to 3 in Table 1 are sodium chloride, disodium hydrogen phosphate and sodium dihydrogen phosphate as buffers.
- Each component is sodium chloride 0.65 to 0.80 parts by weight, disodium hydrogen phosphate 0.08 to 0.24 parts by weight, and dihydrogen phosphate with respect to 100 parts by weight of water.
- Sodium is contained in an amount of 0.01 to 0.04 parts by weight as shown in Table 1 respectively.
- disodium hydrogen phosphate is prepared using disodium hydrogen phosphate 12-hydrate, and the value of the blending ratio is based on the weight of disodium hydrogen phosphate 12-hydrate. It is calculated by subtracting the weight of water.
- the ratio of sodium dihydrogen phosphate is also calculated by subtracting the weight of water from the weight of sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate actually used.
- carbonate buffers C-1 and C-2 shown as Examples 4 and 5 contain sodium chloride and sodium hydrogen carbonate as buffers, and sodium chloride is used per 100 parts by weight of water. 0.65 to 0.80 parts by weight, and 0.1 to 0.2 parts by weight of sodium hydrogen carbonate are included respectively as shown in Table 1.
- the borate buffers B-1 and B-2 shown as Examples 6 and 7 contain sodium chloride, boric acid and borax as a buffer, and sodium chloride is used per 100 parts by weight of water.
- boric acid is 0.8 to 1.2 parts by weight
- borax is 0.01 to 0.03 parts by weight, each in the ratio as shown in Table 1 .
- the phosphoric acid / boric acid / carbonate buffer shown as Example 8 contains sodium chloride, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate and boric acid as a buffer, and it is based on 100 parts by weight of water. 0.58 parts by weight of sodium chloride, 0.01 parts by weight of sodium dihydrogen phosphate, 0.04 parts by weight of disodium hydrogen phosphate, and 0.062 parts by weight of boric acid as shown in Table 1 Included in the ratio.
- the reagents used were all manufactured by Nacalai Tesque, Inc. except for borax, and the borax used was manufactured by Toyama Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- the pHs of the carbonate buffers C-1, C-2 and C-3 shown in Examples 4 and 5 and Comparative Example 1 were adjusted in advance using a 0.1 M hydrochloric acid solution, and the titration shown in Table 1 was performed. After the pH value was obtained, it was used for the test.
- the hydrochloric acid used for the titration is a special grade hydrochloric acid reagent manufactured by Nacalai Tesque, Inc.
- the pH at the start of titration of each solution is as shown in Table 1. And while showing the value of pH when the value of pH of each solution fell 1.0 from the value before this titration as a pH after titration in Table 1, it was added until pH became a value 1.0 low.
- the cumulative amount of hydrochloric acid was shown as the amount of hydrochloric acid added dropwise ( ⁇ mol / mL). This value is thus the buffer volume (mmol / L).
- the pH was 7.1 at the time of adding 1 ⁇ mol of hydrochloric acid per mL of buffer solution, and the pH at the time of adding 2 ⁇ mol per mL was 3.9, so the buffer volume was set to 1 mmol / L. .
- the solutions of Examples 1 to 8 each have a large buffer capacity such as a buffer capacity of 9 to 3 mmol / L, and even if 9 to 3 mmol of hydrochloric acid is added per 1 liter, the drop in pH is It will be within 1.0.
- the solutions shown in Comparative Examples 1 and 2 have a buffer volume of 0 to 1 mmol / L, and when 1 or 2 mmol of hydrochloric acid is added per 1 liter, the pH drop is 1.0 or more.
- the solutions shown in Examples 1 to 8 are adopted as the packaging solution 14, even if a large amount of acidic substance is added compared to the solutions of Comparative Examples 1 and 2, the drop in pH is more effectively suppressed. I know that I can get it.
- the thing similar to the contact lens package 10 described as one Embodiment of the above-mentioned this invention was used.
- the carbon dioxide permeability of the sheet material 16 used for the contact lens package used in this experiment is 1.0 cm 3 / (m 2 ⁇ hr ⁇ atm) or less.
- a phosphate buffer solution P-1 whose buffer volume was measured as Example 1 in the previous experiment and a solution of phosphate buffer solution P-3 whose buffer capacity was measured as Example 3 were packaged solution 14
- a plurality of solutions in which 0.1 mL of each packaging solution 14 was sealed in the contact lens package 10 were prepared.
- the contact lens package 10 is stored at 80 ° C., and the pH of the solution for packaging is opened by opening the contact lens package 10 before storage start, 2 days after storage start, 7 days after, 14 days after, 21 days after Was measured.
- the pH measurement results are as shown in Table 2 below.
- the contact lens 12 used in this experiment a soft contact lens having 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate as a main component was prepared. Further, as the contact lens package of Examples 9 to 14, the contact lens package 10 made of the sheet material 16 was used as in the previous experiment. On the other hand, in Reference Examples 3, 4 and 5, a glass bottle was used as a storage container due to the volume. Furthermore, as shown in Table 3 below, in Examples 9 and 10 and Reference Example 3, the phosphate buffer solution P-1 used in the previous experiment was used as the packaging solution 14 in Example 11, 12 and The phosphate buffer solution P-2 is for reference example 4, the phosphate buffer solution P-3 is for examples 13, 14 and reference example 5, and the carbonate buffer solution C-3 is for comparison examples 3 to 5, respectively.
- the contact lens package in which the contact lens and the packaging solution are sealed is stored at 80 ° C., and the contact lens package is stored before start of storage and after 2, 7, 14 and 21 days after the start of storage. It was opened and the pH of the packaging solution was measured.
- the pH measurement results are as shown in Table 3 below.
- the storage test is an accelerated storage test at a storage temperature of 80 ° C. According to ISO 11987-1997, the results of storage at 80 ° C. for 21 days are 950 days at room temperature (25 ° C.) It can be estimated that it is almost equivalent to the preservation result of
- the packaging solution 14 when a solution having a buffer volume of 3 mmol / L or more is employed as the packaging solution 14, only a very small amount of the packaging solution 14 is enclosed in the contact lens package 10 together with the contact lens 12. Also, it can be understood that a drop in pH can be prevented for a long time, and the contact lens 12 can be distributed and stored in a good state.
- the contact lens 12 and the packaging solution 14 are enclosed in the contact lens package 10, and this is stored over a long period of several months or more, and the result of the stability test for examining the change in pH is shown. .
- Comparative Example 1 carbonate buffer C-3
- Comparative Example 2 carbonate buffer C-3
- Table 4 Comparative Examples and Reference Examples.
- the ratio of each substance in the carbonate buffer C-3 is as shown in Table 1 above. That is, although the carbonate buffer C-3 contains sodium chloride and sodium hydrogen carbonate as a buffer, the blending ratio is 0.6 parts by weight of sodium chloride to 100 parts by weight of water, and sodium hydrogen carbonate It is 0.0067 parts by weight, and the buffer volume is 0 mmol / L.
- a soft contact lens 12 mainly composed of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate as in the above-mentioned test was prepared, and these were sealed in a contact lens package 10 to perform a storage test.
- Comparative Example 6 and Comparative Example 7 have liquid volumes of 0.15 mL
- Reference Example 6 and Reference Example 7 have liquid volumes of 2.6 mL.
- the contact lens package 10 made of the sheet material 16 is replaced by a conventional contact lens package made of a polypropylene package body and an aluminum sheet. Changes in pH when these comparative examples and reference examples are stored for 9 months under conditions of temperature 25 ° C. and 45 ° C.
- Example 1 phosphate buffer solution P-1
- the packaging solution 14 and sealed in the contact lens package 10 was used as the packaging solution 14 and sealed in the contact lens package 10, and the long-term storage test was conducted. As shown.
- the ratio of each substance of phosphate buffer solution P-1 used in this experiment is as shown in Table 1 above. That is, the phosphate buffer P-1 contains sodium chloride, disodium hydrogenphosphate and sodium dihydrogenphosphate as buffers. The ratio of each substance is 0.66 parts by weight of sodium chloride, 0.24 parts by weight of disodium hydrogen phosphate, and 0.04 parts by weight of sodium dihydrogen phosphate with respect to 100 parts by weight of water.
- the buffer volume is 9 mmol / L.
- disodium hydrogen phosphate and disodium hydrogen phosphate are prepared using disodium hydrogen phosphate ⁇ 12 hydrate and sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate, respectively, and the value of the blending ratio Is the weight of disodium hydrogen phosphate 12-hydrate minus the weight of water.
- Example 15 and Example 16 have a liquid volume of 0.30 mL. Changes in pH when these are stored for 12 months or 15 months under conditions of a temperature of 25 ° C. or 45 ° C. are shown in Table 5 below. Moreover, what made this result a graph is shown in FIG.
- the storage test is in accordance with ISO 11987-1997, and the storage result at 45 ° C. can be estimated to be substantially equivalent to the storage result for a period of four times at room temperature (25 ° C.).
- Example 15 and 16 As apparent from the results shown in Table 5 and FIG. 6, the pH values of Examples 15 and 16 were all in the initial state even after storage for 12 months at room temperature (25 ° C.) and 15 months at 45 ° C. There is almost no change from the value. From the results of Examples 15 and 16, according to the present invention, long-term storage at room temperature (25 ° C.) for 12 months and at 45 ° C. for 15 months even if the volume of the solution for storage 14 is as small as 0.30 mL. It is understood that the drop in pH can be suppressed also later, and the width of the pH drop can be suppressed to within 0.5 from the initial value. In addition, the storage results for 15 months of Example 16 stored at 45 ° C.
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- 包装用溶液とコンタクトレンズを収容せしめたコンタクトレンズパッケージを用いてコンタクトレンズを流通保存する方法であって、
前記コンタクトレンズとしてソフトコンタクトレンズを用いる一方、前記包装用溶液の液量を0.1~1.0mLとすると共に、該包装用溶液の緩衝能力を緩衝容量3mmol/L以上としたことを特徴とするコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。 - 前記コンタクトレンズが、酸性成分を産出し得る材料からなる請求項1に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液が、緩衝剤を含んでなる請求項1又は2に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液が、前記緩衝剤としてリン酸二水素ナトリウム、リン酸水素二ナトリウム、ホウ酸、ホウ砂、炭酸水素ナトリウムのうちの何れかを含んでなる請求項3に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液が、前記緩衝剤として塩化ナトリウムと、リン酸二水素ナトリウムと、リン酸水素二ナトリウムとを含んでなる請求項3又は4に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液のpHが5.5~8.0の範囲内に調整されている請求項1乃至5の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液のpHが6.0~7.5の範囲内に調整されている請求項1乃至5の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液の液量が0.1~0.5mLとされている請求項1乃至7の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液を、流通保存時のpHの低下が1.0以内となる緩衝能力を有するようにした請求項1乃至8の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記コンタクトレンズパッケージが裏表のシート層の重ね合わせ面間に密閉された収容領域を画成していると共に、該裏表のシート層間で前記コンタクトレンズを前後方向に圧縮変形せしめた状態で該包装用溶液に浸漬させて該収容領域に収容せしめるようにした請求項1乃至9の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記コンタクトレンズパッケージがシート材から構成されている請求項1乃至10の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 包装用溶液とコンタクトレンズを収容せしめたコンタクトレンズパッケージであって、
前記コンタクトレンズとしてソフトコンタクトレンズを用いる一方、前記コンタクトレンズパッケージの収容領域の容積を収容される該ソフトコンタクトレンズの体積を除き0.1~1.0mLとすると共に、前記包装用溶液として緩衝容量が3mmol/L以上の溶液を採用することを特徴とするコンタクトレンズパッケージ。 - 前記コンタクトレンズパッケージが裏表のシート層の重ね合わせ面間に密閉された収容領域を画成していると共に、該裏表のシート層間で前記コンタクトレンズを前後方向に圧縮変形せしめた状態で該包装用溶液に浸漬させて該収容領域に収容せしめるようにした請求項12に記載のコンタクトレンズパッケージ。
- 前記収容領域の容積を0.1~0.5mLとした請求項12又は13に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記コンタクトレンズが、酸性成分を産出し得る材料からなる請求項12乃至14の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液が緩衝剤を含んでなる請求項12乃至15の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液が、前記緩衝剤としてリン酸二水素ナトリウム、リン酸水素二ナトリウム、ホウ酸、ホウ砂、炭酸水素ナトリウムのうちの何れかを含んでなる請求項16に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記包装用溶液が、前記緩衝剤として塩化ナトリウムと、リン酸二水素ナトリウムと、リン酸水素二ナトリウムとを含んでなる請求項17に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
- 前記コンタクトレンズパッケージがシート材から構成されている請求項12乃至18の何れか1項に記載のコンタクトレンズの流通保存方法。
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