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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2003
John Wadding, Tramore, IE;
Robert G. Duggan, Piltown, IE;
Trevor F. O'neill, Tramore, IE;
David Sheppard, Tramore, IE;
Gabriel Philip Kennedy, Tramore, IE;
Michael W. Murphy, Woodstown Upper, IE;
John Wadding, Tramore, IE;
Robert G. Duggan, Piltown, IE;
Trevor F. O'Neill, Tramore, IE;
David Sheppard, Tramore, IE;
Gabriel Philip Kennedy, Tramore, IE;
Michael W. Murphy, Woodstown Upper, IE;
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for tracking multiple SKUs of contact lenses in a manufacturing line comprising the steps of: a) molding a plurality of contact lenses, b) providing a plurality of carriers each having a carrier indicator, c) inspecting each contact lens to determine information relating to its prescription, d) transferring each lens to a carrier, e) reading the carrier indicator of the carrier of step d) and f) storing in machine-accessible memory the information associated with the carrier indicator of the carrier of step (e) and the information relating to the lens for step (c).