Packaging for disposable soft contact lenses
AssigneeMenicon Singapore Pte Ltd.
InventorStephen D. Newman
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a contact lens package containing a contact lens in a compressed state. In one exemplary embodiment, the overall internal depth of the package is less than the natural sagittal depth of the contact lens. Different single-use contact lens package shapes and configurations may be used. In some embodiments, a spring disc is included in the packages to help present the contact lens to the user when the package is opened. The contact lens packages may be adhered or clipped to a card or other carrier sheet, and may be housed in a number of different secondary packages.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A contact lens package, comprising:
- a first package portion;
- a second package portion, the first package portion and the second package portion cooperating to define a sealed cavity for a contact lens;
- and
- a deformable member associated with the contact lens in the sealed cavity,
- wherein the deformable member is configured to manipulate the contact lens into a predetermined orientation upon opening of the contact lens package.
A contact lens package, comprising:
- a first package portion;
- a second package portion, the first package portion and the second package portion cooperating to define a sealed cavity;
- and
- a contact lens sealed within the sealed cavity, the contact lens having a convex surface and a concave surface;
- wherein the first and second package portions are configured to orient relative to one another to open the contact lens packaging and consistently present at least a portion of the convex surface of the contact lens to a user.
A contact lens package, comprising:
- a first package portion;
- a second package portion, the first package portion and the second package portion cooperating to define a sealed cavity;
- and
- a manipulation feature within the sealed cavity and holding a contact lens in a first orientation;
- wherein the manipulation feature is configured to move the contact lens from the first orientation to a second orientation in which at least a portion of a convex surface of the lens is presented to a user upon opening of the contact lens package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.