Alcon, Inc.

Thomas Leibold

Roger Biel

Matthias Braun

Matthias Schwab

Michael Stutz

Shu Zong

Katrin Sylke Struckmeier

Nicholas Gollas

Daniel Wilhelm

Michael Frederick Waldern

Jennifer Schmitt

An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises:

Production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses

A carrier for carrying an ophthalmic lens comprises: a basket () comprising a basket wall defining a concave cavity for accommodating an ophthalmic lens (), the basket further comprising at least three recesses () arranged in the basket wall at different locations along the circumference of the basket (); anda retainer () comprising at least three retainer arms () arranged in a star-shaped configuration corresponding to the arrangement of the recesses () along the circumference of the basket ().In an assembled state each retainer arm () of the retainer () engages with a corresponding one of the recesses () in the basket wall of the basket () to retain the ophthalmic lens () in the cavity.

Carrier for carrying an ophthalmic lens during its treatment in a bath

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Seligenstadt, Germany

Thomas Leibold