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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1995
Robert J Edie, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Thomas J Wagner, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Michael F Widman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Joe E Wilburn, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Mano Chinnaswamy, West Simsbury, CT (US);
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of automatically transferring contact lenses from a plurality of cups good positioned at a first location to a plurality of packages positioned at a second location wherein each good cup contains a transferable contact lens for placement in an individual blister package comprises a step of communicating positional information of good cup locations to a robotic device having an arm with one or more end effectors thereon, each end effector having a tip in connection with a vacuum and air pressure supply device, each end effector independently moveable with respect to the arm. Then, steps of applying a vacuum to the end effector tip to enable pick-up of a transferable lens from a cup located at a good cup location, and, controlling the robot to effect positioning of one end effector tip within the cup having the transferable lens therein to pick up the lens are performed. A further step includes controlling the robot to remove the end effector tip from the good cup location to position it within a blister package cavity, and finally, removing the vacuum and applying air pressure to the end effector tip to deposit the lens from the effector tip into a blister package cavity.