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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:
Dec. 14, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Neff, II, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Daniel F Smith, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 30 ; 422 28 ; 422301 ; 206-51 ; 134901 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for disinfecting a contact lens comprise a container having an inner surface and being sized to hold a contact lens to be disinfected and a liquid medium containing hydrogen peroxide; a substrate located in the container; and a metal component deposited from a vapor medium on the substrate. The metal component is present in an amount effective to promote the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in the container.