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US 8,146,611 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for cleaning ophthalmic lenses
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsRoger Biel, Günter Lässig
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a device for cleaning ophthalmic lenses, particularly contact lenses. The method and the device are suitable for integration into an automated production of ophthalmic lenses, particularly contact lenses.
Claims4
A device for cleaning ophthalmic lenses comprising:
- a vessel configured to store an ophthalmic lens when the lens is being cleaned with cleaning liquid;
- a gripper configured to grip an ophthalmic lens such that the gripper can place an ophthalmic lens within the vessel;
- wherein the vessel comprises an inlet for liquids;
- wherein the vessel comprises a sieve through which liquid in the vessel can pass to enter a discharge line, wherein the sieve is sized to prevent the passage of a stored ophthalmic lens through the sieve;
- and
- wherein the vessel comprises an outlet below the sieve, wherein an ophthalmic lens can be discharged through the outlet with at least some of the cleaning liquid into a shaft having a bore that can be selectively opened and closed.
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