Ophthalmic lens package

A package containing an ophthalmic lens for the storage and delivery of said lens, said package comprising:

• a substantially planar first surface,
• a concave bowl formed in said surface, the interior surface of the bowl has a roughness less than 800 grit, allowing the lens to be slid against said interior surface for removal with a finger, while retaining the lens during removal of water during the packaging process, said bowl having a radius of curvature sufficiently small to cause the lens to center therein by gravity, yet larger than the radius of curvature and a depth less than the diameter of the lens contained therein,
• a sealing area circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first planar surface and the concave bowl, and
• a sealing sheet substantially parallel with said first planar surface covering the concave bowl, thereby forming an enclosed cavity, and hermetically sealed along said sealing area.

A package containing an ophthalmic lens for inspection, processing and storage of the lens, said package comprising:

• a substantially planar first surface,
• a concave bowl formed in said surface, said bowl having a radius of curvature sufficiently small to cause the lens to center therein by gravity, yet larger than the radius of curvature of the lens placed therein,
• said bowl being translucent such that light transmitted through the bowl is substantially isotropic, imparting substantially no non-uniformity to the light source,
• a sealing area circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first planar surface and the concave bowl, and
• a sealing sheet substantially parallel with said first planar surface covering the concave bowl, thereby forming a cavity enclosing the lens placed therein, and hermetically sealed along said sealing area.

A package containing an ophthalmic lens for inspection, processing and storage of the lens, said package comprising:

• a member having a substantially planar first surface and a substantially planar second surface,
• a concave bowl formed in said surface, said bowl extending in a first direction from said first surface and having a radius of curvature sufficiently small to cause the lens to center therein by gravity, yet larger than the radius of curvature of the lens placed therein, said bowl comprising a substantially hemispherical structure,
• said second surface extending in said first direction from an edge of the first surface at an angle between said surfaces greater than zero and less than 180 degrees,
• a sealing area circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first surface and the concave bowl, and
• a sealing sheet substantially parallel with said first surface covering the concave bowl, thereby forming a cavity enclosing the lens placed therein, and hermetically sealed along said sealing area.

A package containing an ophthalmic lens for inspection, processing and storage of the lens, said package comprising:

• a substantially planar first surface,
• a concave bowl formed in said surface, said bowl having a radius of curvature sufficiently small to cause the lens to center therein by gravity, yet larger than the radius of curvature of the lens placed therein,
• said first planar surface having a notch for indicating the presence and position of said package in a production line,
• a sealing area circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first planar surface and the concave bowl, and
• a sealing sheet substantially parallel with said first planar surface covering the concave bowl, thereby forming a cavity enclosing the lens placed therein, and hermetically sealed along said sealing area.

A package containing an ophthalmic lens for inspection, processing and storage of the lens, said package comprising:

• a substantially planar first surface,
• a concave bowl formed in said surface, said bowl having a radius of curvature sufficiently small to cause the lens to center therein by gravity, yet larger than the radius of curvature of the lens placed therein,
• the bowl containing a plurality of raised ribs located off-center of the bowl the lens when centered in the bowl touching only the bowl center and not the ribs,
• a sealing area circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first planar surface and the concave bowl, and
• a sealing sheet substantially parallel with said first planar surface covering the concave bowl, thereby forming a cavity enclosing the lens placed therein, and hermetically sealed along said sealing area.

A package containing an ophthalmic lens for inspection, processing and storage of the lens, said package comprising:

• a substantially planar first surface,
• a concave bowl formed in said surface, said bowl having a radius of curvature sufficiently small to cause the lens to center therein by gravity, yet larger than the radius of curvature of the lens placed therein,
• said bowl is constructed of a non-nucleated polymer such that when water is placed in said bowl the polymer surface is sufficiently wettable to substantially flatten the meniscus and optical aberrations therewith,
• a sealing area circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first planar surface and the concave bowl, and
• a sealing sheet substantially parallel with said first planar surface covering the concave bowl, thereby forming a cavity enclosing the lens placed therein, and hermetically sealed along said sealing area.