Tessellating blister packages for contact lenses

US11229266B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · GB

Inventors

• Sarah Almond · Southampton, GB
• Carlos Ortiz · Pittsford, US
• Stephen English · Billerica, US
• Gary Hunt · Bristol, GB
• Mike Nelson · Bristol, GB
• Russell Beard · Bristol, GB
• Thomas Harkin · Portsmouth, US
• Pauline Gavelle · Toulouse, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2585/545
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A blister package for a contact lens is provided that can be stacked with other blister packages of the same design. One example of the blister package has a body that includes a dome and a handle. A seal is attached to the top surface of the body and has a seal dome that seals a volume between the outer sidewall of the body dome and the inner sidewall of the seal dome. The handle has a through-hole and the through-hole that accommodates the outer sidewall of the seal dome. Another blister package provided has a handle and a bowl and the handle has a through-hole that accommodates the bowl outer surface. Stacks of blister packages are also provided as is secondary packaging for packaging stacks of tessellating blister packages.