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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Inventors:
David Andrew Icenogle, Brookhaven, GA (US);
Joseph Michael Lindacher, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 11/00951 (2013.01); B29D 11/00125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for automated production of a hybrid lens product comprising a lens insert embedded within a lens body. The system preferably includes a first carrier for holding at least one first mold half, a second carrier for holding at least one lens insert, and a third carrier for holding at least one second mold half. The system preferably also includes an automated movement enabling pick-and-place subassembly for positioning a lens insert within a first mold half, and for engaging a second mold half with a first mold half.