# US 11,440,728 B2 · Contact lens package and contact lens packaging method

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- Number: US 11,440,728 B2
- Document ID: US11440728B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/151,703
- Filed: 2021-01-19
- Published: 2021-05-13
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2017-07-07
- Assignees: Largan Medical Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Largan Medical Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Chen-Yi Huang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440728B2

## CPC

- B65D 85/54: {for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for}
- B65B 11/48: Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by folding a wrapper, e.g. a pocketed wrapper, and securing its opposed free margins to enclose contents
- B65B 11/50: Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins (apparatus or devices for forming pockets in or from sheets, blanks or webs B65B47/00)
- B65B 25/008: {packaging of contact lenses}
- B65D 75/20: in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
- B65D 75/30: Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
- B65D 81/22: in moist conditions or immersed in liquids
- B65D 2585/545: Contact lenses
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)

## Abstract

The present disclosure proposes a contact lens package. The contact lens package includes a first substrate, a contact lens, and a guard ring. The contact lens is disposed on the first substrate. The guard ring is disposed on the first substrate and surrounds the contact lens, wherein the guard ring is fixed on a side surface of the first substrate. The contact lens and the guard ring are surrounded and sealed in the first substrate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A contact lens package, comprising:
a first substrate;
a contact lens disposed on the first substrate; and
a guard ring disposed on the first substrate and surrounding the contact lens;
wherein the contact lens and the guard ring are surrounded and sealed in the first substrate with the first substrate bonded by connecting two inner surfaces of the first substrate in a folded state, there is a hollow space at a center of the guard ring for containing the contact lens, and the guard ring is not deformed after sealing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The contact lens package of claim 1, further comprising:
a carrier disposed between the contact lens and the first substrate and surrounded by the guard ring.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The contact lens package of claim 2, wherein the carrier has a texture structure.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The contact lens package of claim 3, wherein the texture structure has at least one hole.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The contact lens package of claim 2, wherein a thickness of the carrier is Ts, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.5 mm<Ts<2 mm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The contact lens package of claim 5, wherein the thickness of the carrier is Ts, a height of the guard ring is Tr, and the following condition is satisfied:
1.5<Tr/Ts<7.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The contact lens package of claim 2, wherein the carrier is a circular plate with a central recess.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The contact lens package of claim 7, wherein a flexible structure is disposed at a center of the carrier.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The contact lens package of claim 7, wherein a diameter of the carrier is Ds, an inner diameter of the guard ring is Dr, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.6<Ds/Dr<1.6.

### Claim 10 (depends on 2)

The contact lens package of claim 2, wherein the first substrate is disposed with a folding line.

### Claim 11 (depends on 2)

The contact lens package of claim 2, wherein a peripheral region of the carrier is fixed to the first substrate.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The contact lens package of claim 1, further comprising:
a buffer liquid disposed on the first substrate and contacted the contact lens.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The contact lens package of claim 12, further comprising:
a carrier disposed between the contact lens and the first substrate and surrounded by the guard ring, wherein a volume of the buffer liquid is Vb, a thickness of the carrier is Ts, a height of the guard ring is Tr, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.16<Vb/(Tr−Ts)<20.

### Claim 14 (depends on 2)

The contact lens package of claim 2, wherein the carrier has a notch.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the first substrate is an aluminum foil.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein a height of the guard ring is Tr, and the following condition is satisfied:
1.5 mm<Tr<3.5 mm.
