Method of manufacturing contact lenses
AssigneeCooperVision International Holding Company, LP
InventorsIan Bruce, Adam Fieldhouse
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a contact lens 110 is disclosed. The method comprises manufacturing a rod of lens material 101, the rod 101 containing a plurality of electronic components 102 spaced apart along its length, separating the rod 101 into a plurality of lens blanks 106, each lens blank 106 containing at least one of said electronic components 102, and machining the front and/or back surface of a lens blank 106 to produce a contact lens 110 containing the at least one electronic component 102.
Claims8
A method of manufacturing a contact lens, the method comprising manufacturing a rod of lens material, the rod containing a plurality of electronic components spaced apart along its length, separating the rod into at least one lens blank containing at least one of said plurality of electronic components, and machining the front and/or back surface of the at least one lens blank to produce a contact lens containing the at least one of the plurality of electronic components, wherein manufacturing the rod of lens material comprises producing the rod in at least two separate stages, wherein in a first stage, producing a first length of the rod including a first one of the plurality of electronic components and then in a second stage, producing a second length of the rod, said second length including a second one of the plurality of electronic components.
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