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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1998
Wallace Anthony Martin, Orange Park, FL (US);
Jonathan Patrick Adams, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Finn Thrige Andersen, Vedbaek, DK;
Stephen Robert Beaton, Neptune Beach, FL (US);
Svend Christensen, Allinge, DK;
Allan G Jensen, H.o slashed.rsholm, DK;
Ture Kindt-Larsen, Holte, DK;
Victor Lust, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Craig William Walker, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
An automated method and apparatus is provided to mold and cure soft contact lenses. A molding station injection molds first and second mold parts for the production of the lenses and these mold parts are transferred to an inert gas or low oxygen environment wherein a series of automated stations receive the mold parts, deposit a polymerizable hydrogel within the first mold part, assemble and clamp the first and second mold parts together, apply radiant energy for polymerizing the hydrogel and subsequently separate the mold parts.