PACKAGING FOR SHIPPING AND STORING INTRAOCULAR LENSES

摘要

The invention relates to a method for producing a packaging having an intraocular lens, which is enclosed therein sterilely and substantially gas-tight, in particular e.g. a loading chamber having the intraocular lens preloaded therein or an injector (15) having the intraocular lens preloaded therein, hereinafter also called lens pack or injector pack. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps: inserting an intraocular lens (15) into an interior of a packaging, the packaging consisting, in a first subregion (17), of a first packaging material, which is substantially gas-tight, and, in a second subregion (19), of a second packaging material, which is permeable to gases, such as water vapor and possibly other gaseous sterilizing substances; carrying out a first sealing of the packaging such that the intraocular lens (15) is enclosed in the interior of the packaging, the interior being delimited partly by the first subregion (17) and partly by the second subregion (19); sterilizing the interior of the packaging sealed according to the first sealing by exposing, for sterilization, the packaging sealed after the first sealing to a gas or gas mixture, such as water vapor and/or other gaseous sterilizing substances, such that the gas or gas mixture, such as the water vapor and/or other gaseous sterilizing substances, can enter the interior of the packaging through the second subregion; carrying out a second sealing of the packaging by sealing off at least a portion of the volume of the gas-tight first subregion (17) of the packaging, with the intraocular lens (15) encased therein, from the volume of the second subregion (19), whereby the intraocular lens is completely packaged in the gas-tight first packaging material. The invention further relates to lens-pack products or injector-pack products resulting from the method, in particular to lens-pack or injector-pack semifinished products and lens-pack or injector-pack finished products produced and/or further processed in the method, and to a packaging that can be used for the method.