Patent ID: 8563011

Claim:
A sterile ophthalmic composition for treating contact lenses wherein the ophthalmic composition is free of any pharmaceutical agent for the treatment of glaucoma, infection, inflammation or allergy; and comprises 0.1 to 2.0 w/v % of a low molecular weight amino alcohol with a molecular weight of from 60 to 200 and a borate/polyol buffer; wherein the composition is a contact lens cleaning and disinfecting solution that exhibits significantly enhanced anti-microbial activity against S. marcescens and P. aeruginosa due to the inclusion of the amino alcohol and the amino alcohol is selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP), 2-dimethylamino-methyl-1-propanol (DMAMP), 2-amino-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol (AEPD), 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol (AMPD), 2-amino-1-butanol (AB), and combinations thereof; and the ophthalmic composition has a pH and tonicity which are compatible with the eye.