Contact lens dispenser
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
InventorsSam Jonathan POPWELL, Daniel Graham WARD, Stephen SAMS, William Stephen HONEY
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Abstract
A new contact lens dispenser provides one-touch contact lens handling capabilities. The contact lens dispenser is designed to house a plurality of contact lenses in individual pods, each of which in turn contains a solution to keep the contact lens hydrated. The contact lens dispenser is equipped with an actuator that allows a contact lens to be dispensed out of its pod onto a fingertip ready for insertion in the eye.
Claims54
A contact lens dispensing device for dispensing one contact lens of a plurality of contact lenses, the device comprising:
- a tube having a first end and a second end;
- a plurality of removable disks in the tube, moveable within the tube, wherein space between two adjacent disks within the tube is hermetically sealed for holding one of said contact lenses therein;
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- an advancement mechanism urging the disks toward the first end of the tube.
A device for dispensing contact lens, comprising:
- a holder, comprising:
- a container having an end opening, a floor, and a wall extending from the floor to the end opening to define a cavity sized to receive a plurality of removable disks within the cavity;
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- a removable cap at the end opening and, in combination with the wall, providing a hermetic seal to the cavity;
- an advancement mechanism urging the removable disks toward the first end of the tube, the first end of the tube adjacent the end opening of the holder upon insertion of the cartridge into the holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.