Patent ID: 7918125
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A61F,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of measuring the discharge rate of a pharmaceutical agent from an ophthalmic lens, wherein the method comprises the steps of (a) immersing said ophthalmic lens comprising said pharmaceutical agent into the sample chamber of a container comprising a sample chamber and a detecting chamber, wherein said sample chamber is sized to contain an ophthalmic lens and an effective amount of a solution and said detecting chamber is sized contain a second amount the solution, but is not sized to contain an ophthalmic lens, wherein said sample chamber and said detecting chamber are connected to allow solution to flow between said sample chamber to said detecting chamber but to contain said ophthalmic lens within said sample chamber, (b) monitoring the detecting chamber to determine the presence or absence of said pharmaceutical agent in solution contained within said detecting chamber.