Contact lens blister pack label and method for adjoining blister packs
AssigneeCooperVision International Limited
InventorRobert Davis
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Abstract
Contact lens packaging (2) includes two or more individual, sealed blister packs (1) coupled together by a connecting label (5), which includes a uni-axial shear polymer film (6). The connecting label (5) is arranged and oriented such that the tear direction of the polymer film (6) is parallel to a line (A) bisecting adjacent blister packs (1). Methods of binding together two or more blister packs (1) are also described.
Claims20
Packaging for contact lenses comprising at least two individual, sealed blister packs and a connecting label comprising a polymer film, each of the at least two individual, sealed blister packs including a plastic base member housing a single contact lens and packaging solution, and a sealing member;
- wherein the connecting label is adhered to the sealing members of each of the at least two individual, sealed, blister packs to bind the blister packs together;
- and wherein the polymer film is a uni-axial shear polymer film, the connecting label being arranged and oriented such that a tear direction of the polymer film lies parallel to a line bisecting adjacent blister packs, and wherein said at least two individual, sealed blister packs are not connected together by said sealing members.
A method of binding together at least two individual, sealed contact lens blister packs, each of the at least two individual, sealed blister packs comprising a plastic base member housing a single contact lens, and a sealing member;
- the method comprising a step of orientating a connecting label, comprising a uni-axial shear polymer film, such that the tear direction of the label lies parallel to a line connecting adjacent blister packs;
- and applying the label to the sealing members of two or more adjacent blister packs to bind the blister packs together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.