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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. 10, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tien Phuc Nguyen, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Michael W Orchowski, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Moises A Valle, Glendale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chiron Vision Corporation, Claremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ; B29C / ; B29D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264-27 ; 264340 ; 427215 ; 427242 ; 451 32 ; 451 35 ;
Abstract
A process of removing flash from a molded intraocular lens includes a step of tumbling the lens body in a tumbling media. The tumbling media includes a mixture of 0.5 mm diameter glass beads and 1.0 mm diameter glass beads, alcohol and water. This process applies to single piece and multipiece IOLs.