Ciba-geigy Corporation

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Peter J Gillespie

Kenneth R Seamons

A contact lens holding unit constituted by: a container; a cap detachably mounted on the container; a lens holder mounted on the container and extending into the container, the lens holder including at least one lens basket for receiving a contact lens therein for holding the contact lens with the surfaces thereof exposed to the space around the holder, the lens basket being invertible from a concave position in which it holds a lens with the convex side against the lens basket to a convex position in which it pushes the lens out of the basket. The unit can be converted to a lens disinfection unit by the addition of a catalyst block positioned in the container, preferably on the lens holder, whereby when a disinfection solution which is decomposed is placed in the container for disinfecting a lens held in the lens holder, the catalyst block begins decomposition of the solution.

Contact lens disinfection unit with invertible lens holding baskets

A contact lens disinfection unit constituted by a container, a cap detachably mounted on the container, and a lens and catalyst block holder mounted on and depending from the cap and extending into the container when the cap is mounted on the container. The holder engages a pair of contact lens for holding the contact lenses with the surfaces thereof exposed to the space around the holder, and has structure for holding catalyst block on the holder in a position for circulation of a disinfectant solution, from the space around the holder over the catalyst block. The catalyst block can be detachably held so that it can be replaced when the catalyst is depleted.

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Norcross, GA, United States of America

Peter J Gillespie