The objective of the invention is the task facility that makes the sterilization of trouble every day and clean contact lens and these tasks got up safer.
In first aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of one-step method that is used for contact lens disinfection and cleaning, it comprises step:
A) the aqueous antiseptic solution under contains from 1wt% to the unacceptable pH value of the eyes of 5wt% hydrogen peroxide to contact lens disinfection,
B) by can not accepting the Protease Treatment contact lens that pH can be inactivated in following a period of time of level at eyes and clean contact lens with a kind of,
C) there is the microorganism catalase of primary activity that the hydrogen peroxide in the aqueous antiseptic solution is neutralized with one at pH3.0 to 7.0,
D) pH in the adjusting aqueous antiseptic solution is to the acceptable level of eyes.
The invention still further relates to a kind of tablet or capsule that is used for contact lens disinfection and cleaning, its Chinese medicine tablet is a kind of multilamellar tablet, comprises
I) in a kind of aqueous antiseptic solution under the unacceptable pH level of eyes in a period of time can by the protease of irreversible deactivation and
Ii) a kind of have the microorganism catalase of primary activity at pH3.0 to 7.0,
Iii) a kind ofly can regulate disinfectant solution can be accepted pH to eyes reagent.
The present invention also at a kind of be used for contact lens disinfection and cleaning one the step system, comprise
A) a kind of contain 1wt% to the aqueous antiseptic solution of 5wt% hydrogen peroxide and
B) a kind of tablet or capsule, it contains
I) in a kind of aqueous antiseptic solution under the unacceptable pH level of eyes in a period of time can by the protease of irreversible deactivation and
Ii) a kind of have the microorganism catalase of primary activity at pH3.0 to 7.0,
Iii) a kind ofly can regulate aqueous antiseptic solution can be accepted pH to eyes reagent.
At last, the present invention relates to a kind of one-step method that is used for contact lens disinfection and cleaning, comprise
1) 1wt% that contains in a fixed amount soaks contact lens in the aqueous antiseptic solution of 5wt% hydrogen peroxide, and
2) add a tablet of the present invention, then
3) in aqueous antiseptic solution, contact lens is stored a period of time.
The objective of the invention is to make the cumbersome task facility of sterilization every day and cleaning contact lens and it is more safely carried out.
The sterilization of contact lens and cleaning are the types that comprises the steps in the context of the present invention:
A) one contain in the hydrogen peroxide of 1wt% to 5wt%, the particularly aqueous solution of 3wt% hydrogen peroxide to contact lens disinfection and
B) with protease cleaning contact lens removing fragment and/or spot, and
C) with the hydrogen peroxide neutralization of a catalase to aqueous antiseptic solution.
Inventors of the present invention have solved some problems in former sterilization and the cleaning systems by a kind of safer system easily is provided.
A kind ofly saferly mean and utilize the system of above-mentioned same principle to compare accordingly in the past to have in the following advantage at least with cleaning systems with sterilization easily:
-reduce or eliminated the risk (promptly this system uses safer) of this system of incorrect use;
-made things convenient for the task (it is easier promptly to use) of sterilization and cleaning for contact lens user;
-reduced the number of steps of being undertaken by contact lens user (promptly carry out disinfection and clean up task need do still less work and the shorter time).
The present invention can be used to sterilization and the cleaning that all kinds contact lens comprises hard, soft, inflexible breathability glasses and polysiloxanes glasses etc.
Ultimate principle of the present invention is to utilize a kind of suitable protease that can be inactivated in aqueous antiseptic solution owing to influence, Temperature Influence or the similar influence of for example pH in cleaning course.Before by complete inactivation, protease must have the competent time and competent enzymatic activity cleans contact lens.
Need be clear that and utilize sterilization of the present invention and cleaning principle to be used for comprising accordingly that the sterilization separately and the sterilization and the clean method (being two-step method) of cleaning are within the scope of the invention.
In first aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of one-step method that is used for contact lens disinfection and cleaning, it comprises step:
A) the aqueous antiseptic solution under contains from 1wt% to the unacceptable pH value of the eyes of 5wt% hydrogen peroxide to contact lens disinfection,
B) by can not accepting the Protease Treatment contact lens that pH can be inactivated in following a period of time of level at eyes and clean contact lens with a kind of,
C) there is the microorganism catalase of primary activity that the hydrogen peroxide in the aqueous antiseptic solution is neutralized with one at pH3.0 to 7.0,
D) pH in the adjusting aqueous antiseptic solution is to the acceptable level of eyes.
In the context of the present invention unacceptable pH level of eyes mean one from about pH8.0 in 13.0 scopes and at the about pH1.0 pH in 6.0 scopes.The acceptable pH level of eyes means one at the pH in scope between about pH6.0 to 8.0.
Said method of the present invention can carry out according to any of following sequence of steps:
I) a)-b)-c)-d), or
Ii) a)-c)-b)-d), or
Iii) a)-b)-d)-c), or
Iv) a)-b)/c)-d), wherein step b) and step c) are carried out simultaneously.
In an embodiment preferred of the inventive method, aqueous antiseptic solution is the commercialization disinfectant solution (for example Oxysept 1 of Allegan) of a kind of traditional pH3.5 that contains about 3wt % hydrogen peroxide.
At least in the context of the present invention " one step " sterilization and cleaning mean that the task of contact lens user only is made up of a successive step, and it can carry out and need not any additional step before contact lens is fit to wear in several seconds.
Sterilization every day of associating and cleaning make that the cleaning weekly of suggestion is unnecessary, because fragment of piling up on contact lens surface and/or spot reduce widely.The comfort level that the sterilization of every day and cleaning cause wearing is improved.
According to the present invention, all proteinase activities must have in the set time to be determined by irreversibly deactivation at one.
For example, if this protease will be by irreversibly deactivation in the time of lacking very much, the amount of protease must be big relatively to guarantee the cleaning of contact lens before the protease complete inactivation.Opposite with it, if this protease will then only need very a spot of protease by deactivation very lentamente after the time of growing.
Can be for the inactivation time of protease from about 1 to 10 minute to 1,2,3 be no more than 4 hours.
Every day cleaning reduces than the enzyme amount that needs with cleansing phase weekly.Can determine at an easy rate by those skilled in the art for before all proteinase activities are inactivated by the pH deactivation, cleaning the Sq that contact lens need be added to the active protease in the aqueous antiseptic solution effectively.
The amount of the protease of being considered is in the scope from 0.5ug to 50ug, and preferred 1ug is to 25ug, and particularly 2ug is to 10ug pheron/ml.
The protease that is utilized according to the present invention can be that (on seeing) can be by any neutrality, acidity or the alkaline protease of irreversible deactivation in a period of time in a kind of disinfectant solution under a unacceptable pH of eyes.
For example, if protease is a kind of alkalescence (or neutral) protease, the pH of aqueous antiseptic solution should be acid so that inactivated proteases irreversibly.
Can from the group that comprises serine protease, aspartic protease, cysteine proteinase and metalloproteases, select suitable protease.
Listed group that block, that modify or misfolded proteins enzyme is also considered to suit in addition.
The example of preferred serine protease is trypsin, Chymotrypsin and has a liking for the alkali subtilisin.
Most preferably, block body, modify body and variant as subtilopeptidase A, subtilisin BPN ', subtilisin Carlsberg, subtilisin PB92, subtilisin 309, subtilisin 147, subtilisin 168, subtilisin DY, aqualysin or thermitase and its from the alkaline serine protease of bacillus.
The example of cysteine proteinase comprises papain and bromelain.
As for suitable metalloproteases group as being Neutrase and collagenase.
The example of aspartic protease is as pepsin A, pepsin B, pepsin C, Chymosin, cathepsin B and feritin.
Usually select the cattle liver catalase to be used for the hydrogenperoxide steam generator neutralization used to contact lens disinfection.Yet, may propagate owing to worry a kind of slow virus infection (mad cow disease (BSE), it identifies) in European neatherd, so there are the needs of a kind of cattle liver catalase of exploration discovery substitute to the people.
Propagating the sick people's of giving of slow virus risk can avoid by using the microorganism catalase, as can be from antibacterial, filamentous fungi or zymic catalase.
Compare with " standard " cattle liver catalase, catalatic stability of microorganism such as microorganism catalase cited below are better under acid pH.Thereby the neutralization that utilizes the microorganism catalase to carry out hydrogen peroxide in the contact lens disinfecting solutions of acid pH is favourable.
Some so suitable microorganism catalases have been proposed to be used in contact lens.From the catalase of filamentous fungi aspergillus niger even be proved to be and have than the better character of cattle liver catalase.
Aspergillus niger produces two kinds of catalases that are called as catalase A (CatA) and catalase R (CatR).CatR is 4 times of " standard " cattle liver catalase efficient in needs and in the application of strong hydrogen peroxide solution.In other words, CatR (is 3wt % H in traditional disinfectant solution
2O
2, pH3.5) neutralization of hydrogen peroxide is more faster than the cattle liver catalase of standard.In addition, CatR for Proteolytic enzyme, extreme pH, temperature, hydrogen peroxide and by the deactivation of glutaraldehyde, SDS etc. than cattle liver catalase more stable (seeing WO93/17721) from Genencor.
In addition, CatR is having primary activity in the presence of the 3wt % hydrogen peroxide under the pH of pH3.0 at least and 7.0, and traditional cattle liver catalase activity sharply descends in pH3.0 at pH7.0.
According to the present invention, having been found that a kind ofly has the microorganism catalase of primary activity can not accept can be advantageously used in together by the protease of irreversible deactivation in a period of time in the disinfectant solution of pH the neutralization of hydrogen peroxide in the used aqueous antiseptic solution of contact lens at eyes with a kind of at the preferred pH3.0 to 4.5 of pH3.0 to 7.0.Embodiment 1 shows that subtilopeptidase A is a kind of so suitable protease.
PH3.0 to 7.0 preferred 3.0 to 4.5 times " a kind of catalase that primary activity is arranged " be defined as a kind of in said pH scope (pH dependency optimum is decided to be 100%) have and be higher than 60%, better 70%, even be higher than 80% as 90%, and under best situation up to about 100% relative activity.
A kind of protease that can be inactivated in a period of time under the unacceptable pH level of eyes and a kind of microorganism catalase are united and are used for contact lens disinfection and cleaning and produce the as safe as a house and system easily of a kind of very fast one-step method and.
In addition, because protease is removed the spot substrate that has antibacterial (will be killed by hydrogen peroxide), so said the associating guarantee that one-step method of the present invention is fast and effeciently sterilized contact lens.Thereby hydrogen peroxide is very good to the accessibility of antibacterial for this reason.Because the microorganism catalase is activated in the pH of broad scope,, reduces and carry out whole sterilization and required time of cleaning so neutralization can take place immediately.
The microorganism catalase can advantageously be any in the catalase above-mentioned, as aspergillus niger catalase, particularly CatR.
The microorganism catalase also can be by Novo Nordisk A/S nineteen ninety announce be used for neutral aspergillus niger catalase at the used aqueous antiseptic solution hydrogen peroxide of contact lens.
It is believed that at present best mode of the present invention is by uniting serine protease subtilopeptidase A as protease (can be available from Novo Nordisk with Cleanlens Pro) and obtaining as the aspergillus niger catalase of describing that is called as CatR of microorganism in WO 93/17721.Protease will be by irreversibly deactivation in one suitable period under the pH level in one 1.0 to 4.5 scope in this specific embodiment.
The reagent that can regulate pH in aqueous antiseptic solution can be the acceptable suitable reagent of any eyes.For example the pH regulator agent can be a kind of buffer agent, a kind of acid or a kind of alkali.
The purpose of pH regulator is that the assurance contact lens can directly be put into eyes safely from aqueous antiseptic solution, without any the danger of infringement eyes.
A kind of suitable buffer agent can be from comprising alkali metal salt, as potassium carbonate or sodium salt, acetate, borate, and sodium phosphate or potassium salt, citrate and hydroxide, and select in the group of weak acid such as acetic acid and boric acid.
In second aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of tablet, capsule or analog that utilizes the principle of the inventive method.
Even it is believed that the best approach that aqueous antiseptic solution is introduced in protease, catalase and pH regulator agent is the form with a kind of tablet or analog, but need know that other embodiment also considered by inventors, and should regard included as by scope of the present invention.For example, protease, catalase and the pH regulator agent form with liquid and solid bond can be joined in the aqueous antiseptic solution.
For going on foot sterilization and clean constructed a kind of multilamellar tablet, one of contact lens comprises
I) a kind of eyes can not accept in the aqueous antiseptic solution under the pH level in a period of time can by the protease of irreversible deactivation and
Ii) one has the microorganism catalase of primary activity at pH3.0 to 7.0,
Iii) a kind ofly can regulate aqueous antiseptic solution can be accepted pH to eyes reagent.
The definition of " the unacceptable pH level of eyes " and " the acceptable pH level of eyes " has been described above.
Tablet may have any suitable embodiment.To 4 suitable embodiments be described as embodiment below.Also to be described in the effect of 4 embodiments (A, B, C and D) of tablet when being used for step sterilization and cleaning below.
In first embodiment, multilamellar tablet A comprises
A) one contain said pH3.0 to 7.0 have the catalatic skin of microorganism of primary activity or coating and
B) in said skin contain a kind of eyes can not accept in the aqueous antiseptic solution under the pH level in a period of time can by one deck of the protease of irreversible deactivation and
C) a kind ofly can regulate disinfectant solution can be accepted pH to eyes reagent.
In second embodiment, multilamellar tablet B comprises
A) one contain a kind of eyes can not accept in the aqueous antiseptic solution under the pH level in a period of time can by the skin of the protease of irreversible deactivation or coating and
B) in said skin contain said pH3.0 to 7.0 have primary activity the catalatic one deck of microorganism and
C) a kind ofly can regulate disinfectant solution can be accepted pH to eyes reagent.
In the 3rd embodiment, multilamellar tablet C comprises
A) one contain a kind of eyes can not accept in the aqueous antiseptic solution under the pH level in a period of time can by the skin of the protease of irreversible deactivation or coating and
B) in said skin contain a kind of can regulate disinfectant solution can accept to eyes pH reagent one deck and
C) one contains a kind of catalatic core of microorganism that primary activity is arranged at pH3.0 to 7.0.
In the 4th embodiment, multilamellar tablet D comprises
A) one contain a kind of eyes can not accept in the aqueous antiseptic solution under the pH level in a period of time can by the protease of irreversible deactivation and a kind of pH3.0 to 7.0 have the catalatic skin of microorganism of primary activity or coating and
B) one contains and a kind ofly can regulate aqueous antiseptic solution can be accepted the reagent of pH to eyes core.
Protease and microorganism catalase can be any in protease above-mentioned and the catalase.
Microorganism catalase pH field of activity widely is favourable, because this makes that regulating the accurate pH of aqueous antiseptic solution to becomes so not crucial, this strictness and control in time that catalase layer is discharged becomes so unimportant.
Said pH regulator agent can be any suitable reagent, as can regulate a kind of buffer agent or a kind of acid or a kind of alkali of pH to the eyes acceptable level in an aqueous antiseptic solution.
Can be with each layer of core and multilamellar tablet separately by a kind of barrier or a kind of film.In one embodiment of the invention, said barrier can be made up of the preferred water-soluble film of a kind of water miscible polymeric layer.
The example of said water-soluble film is included in polymer soluble in a kind of acid medium, as the polymer of dimethylamino methyl acrylate and neutral methacrylic acid esters.
In addition, thin film contains the neutral soluble polymer of a kind of pH.Suitable polymer blend is for example soluble cellulose ether such as methylcellulose, hydroxy methocel, the hydroxymethyl ethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl emthylcellulose, hydroxyethyl-cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, cellulose acetate phthalate, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Phathalate, the polymer of methacrylic acid and methacrylate, the copolymer of methacrylic acid and methacrylate, the copolymer of ethylene methacrylic ether and maleic anhydride and polyvinyl alcohol.
In another embodiment, tablet contains a microsolubility core and one or two skin that makes active component disperse or distribute.
Add suitable polyhydroxy-alcohol plasticizer and water in the above in the soluble film polymer that can be listed and control diffusion rate.For this purpose, preferred plasticizer is 1,2-propylene glycol, Polyethylene Glycol and citrate.
In a preferred embodiment, tablet is that the composition that a kind of composition that at first discharges in the skin then discharges in the second layer over time also finishes such sustained release tablet with the release of nucleus over time.Wherein the composition of one deck or two-layer or core can be discharged lentamente.
The release time of pH regulator agent should long enough so that protease has adequate time degrades at the heavy collection thing on recessive glasse surface.
Because catalase has primary activity in the pH scope widely at one, so catalatic neutralising capacity and do not rely on the effect of pH regulator agent.
In another embodiment of the invention, composition in the second layer and/or nucleus are delayed and are discharged in the aqueous antiseptic solution.
The active supplementary element of not serious reduction active component can be added or is incorporated in tablet or the capsule.
Example is as effervescent, stabilizing agent, chelating agen and/or chelating agen, coloring agent, tension regulator, surfactant and similar composition.In addition, also can mix binding agent, lubricant, carrier and other excipient that is normally used for making tablet.
When enzyme provides with solid form, typically use effervescent.The example of suitable effervescent comprises the tartaric acid or the citric acid of uniting use with suitable alkali metal salt such as sodium carbonate.
Because tablet of the present invention will use in a kind of aqueous antiseptic solution, it can contain one or more suitable chelating agen and/or sequestering agent, tension regulator and surfactants.
Suitable tension regulator comprises the chloride of chloride, glucose, calcium and the magnesium of sodium and potassium.
Suitable surfactant can be cationic, anionic, non-ionic or amphoteric.Preferred surfactants is neutral or non-ionic.
Specific example comprises the polyglycol ether of fatty acid, the polyethenoxy ether of C12-C18 alkane and polyoxyethylene, the polyoxypropylene block copolymers (being poloxamine) of ethylenediamine.
The example of preferred chelating agen comprises ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and its salt (disodium) and some polyvinyl alcohol.
Tablet of the present invention has been formed the step sterilization and the cleaning systems of recessive glasse together to the aqueous antiseptic solution of 5wt% hydrogen peroxide with a kind of 1wt% of containing.
Ideal easily sterilization of a kind of user and cleaning procedure are to carry out with successive step that makes recessive glasse directly can wear from hold-up vessel without any need for other work in the next morning only.
According to the present invention, the recessive glasse user only needs recessive glasse is put into an aqueous antiseptic solution that contains the fixed amount of hydrogen peroxide, and adds a slice tablet of the present invention.Said tablet is carried out the cleaning and disinfection task and and then with a kind of safe mode neutralization of hydrogen peroxide.
Thereby, of the present invention one the step system reduced the recessive glasse user in the work that carries out disinfection and will do during clean up task; Make sterilization and clean up task facility because only need carry out a successive step; Owing to this step can in seconds carry out eliminating continuously incorrect use decontamination system risk (for example forget the sterilization and/or the cleaning after before wearing in and recessive glasse).
Of the present invention one the step system comprise
A) a kind of contain 1wt% to the aqueous antiseptic solution of 5wt% hydrogen peroxide and
B) a kind of tablet or capsule, it contains
I) in a kind of aqueous antiseptic solution under the unacceptable pH of eyes in a period of time can by the protease of irreversible deactivation and
Ii) a kind of microorganism catalase that primary activity is arranged between pH3.0 to 7.0 that is used for neutralization of hydrogen peroxide and
The iii) a kind of reagent that can regulate the acceptable pH level of pH to eyes of aqueous antiseptic solution.
In an embodiment preferred of the present invention, hydrogen peroxide is present in (pH3.5) in the aqueous antiseptic solution with 3wt%.
Tablet of the present invention or capsule can be advantageously used for a component in the present invention one step system.
Below rough recessive glasse one step sterilization and the cleaning of using tablet A, B, C and D of describing.
Utilize step sterilization and the cleaning of tablet A
Recessive glasse is immersed in a kind of traditional 3wt% disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide liquid (pH3.5) together with multilamellar tablet A.Initial disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide recessive glasse.Microorganism catalase (being included in the skin) is released the neutralization that causes hydrogen peroxide in the aqueous antiseptic solution.Protease (being included in the one deck under the skin) is released in the disinfectant solution and cleans recessive glasse over time.In a period of time, protease is by irreversibly deactivation.Final buffer agent (being included in the core of tablet) is released and causes pH to rise to an acceptable pH of eyes.Recessive glasse is suitable for directly wearing from aqueous antiseptic solution.
Utilize step sterilization and the cleaning of tablet B
Recessive glasse is immersed in a kind of traditional 3wt% disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide liquid (pH3.5) together with multilamellar tablet B.Initial disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide recessive glasse.Protease (being included in the skin) is released in the disinfectant solution and cleans recessive glasse.In a period of time, protease is by irreversibly deactivation.Microorganism catalase (being included in the one deck under the skin) is released the neutralization that causes hydrogen peroxide in the disinfectant solution over time.Final buffer agent (being included in the core of tablet) is released and causes pH to rise to an acceptable level of eyes.Recessive glasse is suitable for directly wearing from aqueous antiseptic solution.
Utilize step sterilization and the cleaning of tablet C
Recessive glasse is immersed in a kind of traditional 3wt% disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide liquid (pH3.5) together with multilamellar tablet C.Initial disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide recessive glasse.Protease (being included in the skin) is released in the disinfectant solution and cleans recessive glasse.In a period of time, protease is by irreversibly deactivation.Buffer agent (being included in the one deck under the skin) is released and causes pH to rise to an acceptable level of eyes over time.Catalase (being included in the core of tablet) is released the neutralization that causes hydrogen peroxide in the aqueous antiseptic solution.Recessive glasse is suitable for directly wearing from aqueous antiseptic solution.
Utilize step sterilization and the cleaning of tablet D
Recessive glasse is immersed in a kind of traditional 3wt% disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide liquid (pH3.5) together with multilamellar tablet D.Initial disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide recessive glasse.Protease and microorganism catalase (being included in the skin) are released in the disinfectant solution.By protease cleaning recessive glasse by the catalase neutralization of hydrogen peroxide.In a period of time, protease is by irreversibly deactivation.Buffer agent (being included in the core of tablet) is released and causes pH to rise to an acceptable level of eyes over time.Recessive glasse is suitable for directly wearing from aqueous antiseptic solution.
Example page certification unification kind of the protease and the catalatic favourable use of a kind of microorganism of above-mentioned step sterilization and cleaning.
Because microorganism catalase (opposite with the cattle liver catalase) is great-hearted under pH3.5, thus catalase can be when protease cleans recessive glasse neutralization of hydrogen peroxide.
At last, the present invention relates to a kind of one-step method that is used for recessive glasse sterilization and cleaning, comprise step
1) contain in the aqueous antiseptic solution of 1wt% fixed amount of preferred 3wt% hydrogen peroxide one and soak recessive glasse to 5wt%, and
2) add a slice tablet of the present invention,
3) in aqueous antiseptic solution, recessive glasse is stored a period of time.
Aqueous antiseptic solution must constitute one usually at 1ml to the about fixed amount of 5ml particularly between the 10ml.
Required period of storage depends on its composition in step 3).Substantially, the preparation tablet is so that recessive glasse must be by storage 10 minutes to 12 hours, preferred 15 minutes to 4 hours, particularly 20 minutes to 2 hours.
Material and method
Subtilopeptidase A (can be available from Novo Nordisk) with Cleanlens Pro.
Proteolytic activity
Can determine proteolytic activity as substrate with the hemoglobin of degeneration.In the Anson-hemoglobin method that is used for determining proteolytic activity, the hemoglobin of degeneration is digested, and precipitates the hemoglobin that is not digested with trichloroacetic acid (TCA).With producing the amount that blue phenol reagent is determined the TCA soluble product with tyrosine and tryptophan.
An Anson unit (AU) is defined as such enzyme amount, and its under standard conditions (promptly 25 ℃, pH7.5,10 minutes response time) discharge with phenol reagent per minute with an initial rate digestion hemoglobin and produce TCA soluble product with the amount of 1 milliequivalent tyrosine same color.
Can demand the file AF4/5 of this analytical method of more detailed description to Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark), incorporate it into this paper as a reference herein.