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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
May. 01, 1995
Russell James Edwards, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Darren Scott Keene, Jacksonville, FL (US);
William Edward Holley, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
John Mark Lepper, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Wallace Anthony Martin, Orange Park, FL (US);
Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Ture Kindt-Larsen, Holte, DK;
Niels Jorgen Madsen, Allerod, DK;
Borge Peter Gundersen, Tikob, DK;
Thomas Christian Ravn, Helsignor, DK;
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention, which relates to the transfer of contact lenses in post hydration processing of the lenses. A lens transfer and insertion assembly removes contact lenses from lens hydration pallets, alters their spatial distribution, and deposits them into packaging elements. The lenses are transferred with fluid and retained on the transfer assembly by surface tension.