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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:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard D Auten, Cumming, GA (US);
Barbara L Heyl, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 22 ; 25045511 ; 134901 ; 422 24 ; 422 28 ; 422 40 ;
Abstract
A process for producing a sterile article in a sealed container during a continuous production process. In a preferred embodiment, a contact lens is immersed in an ozone-containing solution within a container during a continuous lens packaging process, and the lens and container are subsequently subjected to ultraviolet radiation. This process sterilizes the contact lens and lens container in order to maintain the contact lens in a sterile environment during shipping, handling, and storage.