Device for contact lens application assistance

A method of assisting a wearer to apply a contact lens onto a lens wearer's eye, comprising:

• providing a light transmitting fiber optic having a first straight section aligned along a first local axis and a second straight section aligned along a second local axis and wherein said first local axis and said second local axis are perpendicular to each other;
• providing a vented scleral cup having a hollow viewing tube that allows light to pass through it;
• situating said vented scleral cup at a first end of said first straight section of said light transmitting fiber optic;
• providing an optical entrance aperture at a first end of said second straight section;
• providing a functional connection between a second end of said second straight section and a second end of said first straight section such that light entering said optical entrance aperture is transmitted through said light transmitting fiber optic to said first end of said first transmitting section, thereby forming a lit fixation target at a base of said vented scleral cup;
• co-aligning a major axis of said vented scleral cup with said first axis of said first straight section and orienting both of said axes vertically;
• placing a contact lens on said vented scleral cup;
• illuminating said optical entrance aperture, thereby forming said lit fixation target at said base of said vented scleral cup;
• and,
• viewing, by a user, said lit fixation target, thereby transferring said contact lens to a surface of said user's eye.