Contact lens blister package with lens cradle
AssigneeCooperVision International Limited
InventorsSarah Almond, Carlos Ortiz, Gary Hunt, Mike Nelson, Russell Beard, Thomas Harkin, Pauline Gavelle
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Abstract
A blister package for a contact lens is provided. The blister package includes a body defining a handle and a well, a flexible top contacting the body and closing the well, and a lens cradle that includes a lens support bowl. The lens cradle is attached to the inner surface of the flexible top. By peeling away the flexible top, the lens cradle is lifted away from the bottom surface of the well and the lens is raised out of the well, cradled by the lens support bowl, and presented for easy fingertip manipulation by a user.
Claims18
A blister package for a contact lens, the blister package comprising:
- a body, the body having a body top surface and comprising a handle and a well connected to the handle, the well having a perimeter and an inner sidewall defining a bottom surface;
- a flexible top contacting the body top surface around the perimeter of, and closing, the well, the flexible top having an inner surface and a peel tab and being peelable away from the body to open the well;
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- a lens cradle attached to the inner surface of the flexible top, comprising a lens support bowl, and having an opening along a side thereof between an edge of the lens support bowl and the inner surface of the flexible top, wherein the lens support bowl is shaped and sized to fit within the well, is disposed between the body and the flexible top, and has an inner bowl surface, wherein a cradle volume is defined between the inner bowl surface and the inner surface of the flexible top and is configured to accommodate a portion of a contact lens, and the lens cradle and flexible top are configured such that, by pulling the flexible top away from the body top surface, the lens cradle is lifted away from the bottom surface of the well.
A method of packaging a contact lens in a blister package, the blister package comprising
- a body, the body having a body top surface and comprising a handle and a well connected to the handle, the well having a perimeter and an inner sidewall defining a bottom surface,
- a flexible top configured to contact the body top surface around the perimeter of the well, the flexible top having an inner surface and, once sealed to the body, a peel tab being peelable away from the body to open the well, and
- a lens cradle attached to the inner surface of the flexible top, comprising a lens support bowl, and having an opening along a side thereof between an edge of the lens support bowl and the inner surface of the flexible top, wherein the lens support bowl is shaped and sized to fit within the well, is disposed between the body and the flexible top, and has an inner bowl surface, and a cradle volume is defined between the inner bowl surface and the inner surface of the flexible top, the method comprising:
- placing a contact lens in the cradle volume;
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- sealing the flexible top to the body top surface to seal the cradle with the contact lens, in the well.
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