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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry B Hall, Madison, CT (US);
Peter B Hewes, Middlefield, CT (US);
Benjamin N Moore, Haddam, CT (US);
Rosario Sanzaro, Durham, CT (US);
Assignee:
Safeway Products, Inc., Middletown, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422105 ; 219439 ; 219441 ; 219521 ; 422300 ; 422307 ;
Abstract
A contact lens disinfecting unit in which the lenses are immersed in a saline solution and heated to a predetermined minimum disinfecting temperature which is maintained for a predetermined period of time. The unit has a heating system which includes a PTC thermistor as a heating element sandwiched between metal heat distribution plates, and this heating system interacts with a manually resettable thermostat to control operation of the unit.