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AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Edie, Thomas J. Wagner, Michael F. Widman, Joe E. Wilburn, Mano Chinnaswamy
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A method of automatically transferring contact lenses from a plurality of cups good positioned at a first location to a plurality of packages positioned at a second location wherein each good cup contains a transferable contact lens for placement in an individual blister package comprises a step of communicating positional information of good cup locations to a robotic device having an arm with one or more end effectors thereon, each end effector having a tip in connection with a vacuum and air pressure supply device, each end effector independently moveable with respect to the arm. Then, steps of applying a vacuum to the end effector tip to enable pick-up of a transferable lens from a cup located at a good cup location, and, controlling the robot to effect positioning of one end effector tip within the cup having the transferable lens therein to pick up the lens are performed. A further step includes controlling the robot to remove the end effector tip from the good cup location to position it within a blister package cavity, and finally, removing the vacuum and applying air pressure to the end effector tip to deposit the lens from the effector tip into a blister package cavity.
A method of automatically transferring contact lenses from a plurality of cups located at a first location to a plurality of packages previously positioned at a second location, each said cup containing a transferable contact lens therein for placement in an individual package, said method comprising the steps of:
A contact lens transfer device particularly adapted to transfer wet soft contact lenses from a first location to a second location, said contact lens transfer device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.