Container for accommodating an ophthalmic lens during a lens treatment process

US9801445B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

• Roger Beil · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Katrin Sylke Struckmeier · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Jan Bernard · Niedernberg, DE
• Andrea Kopp · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02C13/008
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A container (1) for accommodating an ophthalmic lens during a lens treatment process has a longitudinal axis (11) and comprises as separate elements a containment element (2), a mounting element (3), and a retaining element (4). The containment element (2) comprises a tubular section (21) and a bottom (22) arranged at a distal end of the tubular section (21), the bottom (22) protruding convexly towards the outside at the distal end of the tubular section (21) and being provided with a number of apertures (23, 24), the tubular section (21) at a proximal end (25) thereof having a latch (26) protruding from the proximal end (25) of the tubular section (21) towards the mounting element (3). The mounting element (3) comprises a sidewall (31) extending along the longitudinal axis (11) of the container (1), the sidewall (31) being provided with recesses or orifices (32) which are in engagement with the latch (26) of the containment element (2). The mounting element (3) further comprises an access opening (37) arranged at a proximal end of the mounting element (3) remote from the containment element (2). The retaining element (4) is fixedly arranged in between the containment element (2) a…