Package and a case for contact lenses and method for applying a contact lens in an eye

A package for keeping a contact lens comprising:

• a supporting wall with a concave face fitting the convex side of the contact lens;
• a skirt made on the supporting wall and extending along an axis in the opposite direction of the concave face;
• and
• a cap that detachably joins the skirt that collectively define a chamber for retaining the contact lens;
• wherein a number of packages are assembled into a magazine with the cap of each package pressed into the skirt of an adjacent package.

A method for applying a contact lens in a package to an eye, wherein the package comprises a supporting wall with a skirt and a cap that detachably joins the skirt of the supporting wall to define a chamber for retaining the contact lens, whereby a number of these packages are assembled in a row with the cap of each package pressed into the skirt of the adjacent package, comprising:

• orienting the package row with the caps pointing relatively upwards;
• removing the top cap to provide an uncovered chamber;
• guiding the package row up towards the eye so that the contact lens in the uncovered chamber is applied;
• and
• pressing the cap in place on the supporting wall which then is placed at the bottom in the package row with the cap pressed into the skirt of the overlying supporting wall.