Ophthalmic lens package with internal drainage member

US7699161B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Tokarski · Dublin, US
• James Peck · Jacksonville, US
• Edward Dzwill · Ponte Vedra, US
• George Brock · St. Augustine, US
• Roger W. Smith · Grove City, US
• Michael Scott Ulrich · Columbus, US
• Raymond J. Sander · Benbrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2026

Classification

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

Abstract

An ophthalmic lens package comprises a shell having an internal cavity accessible through an opening in the shell and a drainage member that divides the internal chamber into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The drainage member is permeable to aqueous liquids and is arranged to allow drainage of liquid from the upper chamber to the lower chamber. This arrangement of the ophthalmic lens package allows the consumer to retrieve the lens from the upper chamber without handling any significant amount of saline solution.