Patent ID: 7087369

Claim:
A cornea preservation medium comprising in sterile solution the following ingredients in final concentration: 5 mM potassium sulfate, 110 mM L-aspartic acid, 1.2 mM magnesium sulfate, 2.0 mM calcium hydroxide, 20 mM potassium phosphate monobasic, 5 mM N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-2-ethanesulfonic acid, 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, 20 mM taurine, 1 microM zinc sulfate, 200 microM N-(tert-butyl) hydroxylamine HCL, 5.5% w/v dextran, molecular weight 60,000–90,000, 0.5 mM N-acetyl-cysteine, 0.02% w/v gentamycin sulfate, 5 mM creatine phosphate, 1% v/v of a lipid concentrate which contains 90,000 mg/L Pluronic F-68, 100 ml/L ethyl alcohol, 220 mg/L cholesterol, 2,200 mg/L Tween 80, 70 mg/L DL-alpha-tocopherol acetate, 10 mg/L stearic acid, 10 mg/L myristic acid, 10 mg/L oleic acid, 10 mg/L linoleic acid, 10 mg/L palmitic acid, 10 mg/L palmitoleic acid, 2 mg/L arachidonic acid, 10 mg/L linolenic acid; and is adjusted with 1 M KOH to pH 7.45 and having an osmolarity of 310–320 mOsmoles.