Coopervision International Holding Company, LP

Coopervision International Limited

Julie Clements

Kevin Aldridge

Steve Hope

Klaus Straub

Stephen English

Brad Barnes

Klaus Strotbeck

Steven John Collier

Klaus Strotbek

Jennifer Susan Marsh

Kevin Albridge

Methods, devices, and systems for moving wet ophthalmic lenses are described in which the ophthalmic lenses are first placed in wells of lens carriers and are centered by the structure of the wells. The carriers are then moved to a transfer module of a packaging system for transferring the ophthalmic lenses in blister packages. The transfer from the carriers to the blister packages are performed by a pick and place robot having pickup heads sized and configured for suctioning the ophthalmic lenses from the lens carriers.

Methods and devices for moving wet ophthalmic lenses during their manufacture

Method for moving wet ophthalmic lenses during their manufacture

A method for inspecting lenses, especially wet contact lenses provided in a volume of liquid inside a container is described. A first image of the lens at a first position in the container is obtained, the lens then being moved to a second position within the container where a second image is obtained. A computer algorithm processes the first and second images to compare features that have moved with the lens to those features that have not moved with the lens whereby lenses are rejected if a feature has moved with the lens but is not a normal feature of the lens.

Multi-imaging automated inspection methods and systems for wet ophthalmic lenses

A contact lens package includes a base member including a cavity dimensioned to accommodate contact lens and a liquid therein. The combination of the cavity, the contact lens, and the liquid cooperate to collimate partially collimated light directed toward a bottom surface of the cavity. The cavity can be sealed by attaching a removable sealing member to the base member around the cavity. Methods of inspecting ophthalmic lenses using the present packages are also described.

Contact lens blister packages and methods for automated inspection of hydrated contact lenses

Contact lens blister package array

Contact lens blister package

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Julie Clements