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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
John H. Shannon, Hamlin, NY (US);
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for transferring an article from a first receptacle to a second receptacle and, optionally, changing the orientation of the article. A contact lens is initially concave side-down within a well containing solution. By freezing the solution containing the lens-shaped article, the frozen solution with the lens can be conveniently transferred between stations without harming the lens. If necessary, the vessel and lens can be inverted as a unit such that the concave surface of the lens is side-up. The frozen solution melts into a second receptacle well with the lens transferring into the second receptacle. The lens remains concave surface up in the second well.
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