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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory J. Hofmann, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Kenneth W. Foley, Fruit Cove, FL (US);
Thomas R. Rooney, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Patrick J. Hood, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 1/100 ;
Abstract
A shape memory polymer contact lens mold is formed from a sheet of a shape memory polymer in a press, an agile tool or by an agile tool formed by an inert gas at a temperature at or above the glass transition temperature which is thereupon cooled to below the glass transition temperature and removed therefrom.