CN101150969A - Contact lens package and applicator with method for its use - Google Patents
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
- A45C11/005—Contact lens cases
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
- A45C11/04—Spectacle cases; Pince-nez cases
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Abstract
A contact lens package and applicator comprises a lens cup and a lid that covers the lens cup to form a chamber for a contact lens. The lens cup has a drainage member, such as a mesh or a perforated plastic sheet, through which saline solution drains. In a first orientation, the chamber is substantially filled with the saline solution and, in a second orientation, the chamber is substantially empty of the saline solution. The lid covering the lens cup is movable between a closed position in which the contact lens is concealed and an open position in which the contact lens is accessible for direct application of the contact lens to the user's eye.
Description
Related application
The application is the patent application of the United States serial No.60/667138 of submission on March 31st, 2005.
Technical field
The present invention relates to store and transport the packing of contact lenses, especially, the packing that the present invention relates to have the packing of built-in drainage system and can be used as contact lens applicator, when eyeglass when packing shifts out, this built-in drainage system makes conditioning liquid separate from contact lenses.
Background technology
Since 1870s came out, it is more and more general that soft contact lenses has become.Because the reduction gradually of manufacturing cost, concerning the consumer, soft contact lenses is a kind of attractive, economic selection now.This glasses can often be replaced (for example every day or weekly) by the consumer, and need not each cleaning and sterilization as conventional contact lenses.Certainly, the consumer must maintain on hand with eyeglass and replace the suitable eyeglass quantity of frequency.Therefore, the consumer has caused easy use and the low-cost needs of abandoning packing the demand of disposal type contact lenses.The structure of packing should be able to provide safety storing and transport for glasses.Expect that also each packing is as far as possible little, so that store and transport easily and modestly.
Contact lenses conventional packing and being stored in the saturation state need be sealed in the packing that storing solution is housed.A kind of widely used contact lens package is " blister package ", and it generally comprises the plastic container with smooth upper surface and spill liquid reservoir, in a large amount of storing solution in the inside single contact lenses is housed.Liquid reservoir is covered by the soft lid that the periphery along its upper surface seals.Before the consumer wants eyeglass, bubble-cap is adorned box to transport and to store.The consumer peels soft lid off from blister package and exposes contact lenses, eyeglass and conditioning liquid is poured in the hand, and eyeglass is placed on the finger tip to be applied on the eyes.
Need a kind of like this contact lens package system, the conditioning liquid that it comprises storage and transports contact lenses allows conditioning liquid to separate with eyeglass when shifting out eyeglass from packing, makes the consumer need not to handle or touch conditioning liquid.Also need a kind of like this contact lens package system, it need not just contact lenses directly to be applied on the eyes with the finger haptic lens.
Summary of the invention
Comprise that according to the contact lens package of one aspect of the invention the container of being with lens cup and the lid that covers lens cup can hold the cavity of contact lenses to form size, shape, reach the handle of between first direction and second direction, handling contact lens package, cavity is full of liquid fully when first direction, conditioning liquid for example, cavity is emptied completely liquid when second direction.Preferably, lens cup has drainage component, by it liquid is entered in second cavity of contact lens package.Drainage component preferably includes net or plastic tab with holes.Handle and container are for common longitudinal axis symmetry, and preferably, handle is the taper shape of external belt ridge substantially.The size of handle makes the consumer can catch it with finger.
The handle that contact lens applicator is according to a further aspect of the invention operated described contact lens applicator by container and being used to is formed, and the lid that described container comprises lens cup and the described lens cup of covering can hold the cavity of contact lenses to form size, shape.Lid is in the closed position that hides contact lenses and contact lenses directly can be worn between the open position on user's eyes and move.The peripheral part of eyeglass was exposed at the outside of lens cup when preferably, the size and dimension of lens cup can hold contact lenses and opens with convenient lid.
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In order more completely to understand the present invention, with reference to taking the detailed description that following accompanying drawing carries out embodiment into consideration:
Fig. 1 is the embodiment schematic diagram according to contact lens package of the present invention, and contact lens package is sealed in and wherein is used to transport and store;
Fig. 2 is the sectional view of the contact lens package among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is that contact lens package among Fig. 1 is at the schematic diagram of upright and open mode;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the contact lens package among Fig. 3.
The specific embodiment
It shown in Fig. 1-4 a preferred embodiment according to contact lens package 2 of the present invention.Referring to Fig. 1, contact lens package 2 has contact lens container 4 and the handle 6 that is coupled on the contact lens container 4.Contact lens container 4 comprises housing 8 and is hinged to lid 10 on the housing 8 by hinge 12.
Referring now to Fig. 2,, housing 8 comprises the internal cavities 14 that has edge 16.Drainage component 18, for example net or plastic tab with holes, be fixed to the inside of internal cavities 14 so that limit first cavity 20 in internal cavities 14, and the lens cup 22 that forms by the edge 16 and the part 24 of housing 8 between drainage component 18 and edge 16 of drainage component 18, housing 8.The size and dimension of lens cup 22 is designed to hold single contact lenses 26 so that the edge 28 of contact lenses 26 extends through edge 16 (referring to Fig. 3).The size and dimension at the edge 30 of lid 10 is designed to closely cooperate with the edge 16 of housing 8, so that lid 10 forms second cavity 32 that size and dimension is suitable for holding contact lenses 26 with lens cup 22.Sealing strip 34 is connected on the contact lens container 4 removedly so that housing 8 and lid 10 is fixed to one another, at housing 8 and lid 10 contact positions formation water-stop.Especially, the volume of second cavity 32 holds a large amount of conditioning liquids less than the big I of first cavity, 20, the first cavitys.Referring to Fig. 2, handle 6 is constructed with the hollow cone body of openend 38 again.Contact lens container 4 has stopper 40 in the end 42 with respect to lid 10.When stopper 40 inserts the openend 38 of handle 6, form frictional fit, therefore contact lens container 4 is fixed on the handle 6.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, contact lens package 2 transports and stores with the handle 6 of its upper end, and contact lenses 26 are fully immersed in the conditioning liquid 36 in second cavity 32.Shown in Fig. 3 and 4, consumer's contact lens package 2 that overturns makes lid 10 up, makes conditioning liquid 36 is entered cavity 14 by drainage component 18.The consumer pulls off sealing strip 34 then, and uncap 10 (referring to Fig. 3 and 4) provides the passage that goes to contact lenses 26.Because the periphery 28 of contact lenses 26 extends through the edge 16 of housing 8, so the consumer can directly transfer to contact lenses 26 on the eyes as applicator with contact lens package 2, rather than shifts contact lenses 26 with pointing.Handle 6 can have ridge 44 to be operated contact lens package 2 simultaneously and contact lenses 26 is transferred on the eyes so that the consumer holds handle 6.
Conditioning liquid 36 enters contact lenses 26 and conditioning liquid 36 are separated.Therefore, preferably drainage component 18 is arranged to allow conditioning liquid 26 also to enter cavity 20 fast fully from lens cup 22.As shown in Figure 4, drainage component 18 is open webs preferably, still, as shown in Figure 4, as selection, also can use the perforated sheet of detesting water plastics quality.
It should be understood that embodiment as described herein is exemplary, those skilled in the art can change and revise without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.For example, handle 6 and housing 8 can be made into housing 8 single towards handle 6 inside openings.In another embodiment, contact lens container 4 can be fixed on the handle 6 by the mode except that stopper.Lid 10 need not to be fixed on the housing 8 by sealing strip 34, but can with housing 8 frictional fit.Selectively, housing 8 and lid 10 can be processed screw thread so that spiral cooperation each other.All such changes and modifications are included in those contents of discussing in the specific embodiment, are defined as to comprise within the scope of the present invention.
Claims (18)
1. contact lens package comprises:
Container comprises lens cup and covers the lid of described lens cup removedly, can hold first chamber of contact lenses to form size, shape;
Contact lenses in described first chamber;
Predeterminable quantity of liquid in described container; With
Operate described contact lens package and make its handle movably between first direction and second direction, described first chamber is full of liquid substantially when first direction, the described first chamber described liquid of emptying substantially when second direction.
2. contact lens package as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described contact lens package comprises second chamber that the described liquid that receives whole scheduled volumes is set during in described second direction when described container.
3. contact lens package as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: described lens cup comprises drainage component, and liquid enters described second chamber by it from described first chamber.
4. contact lens package as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: described drainage component separates described lens cup with described second chamber.
5. contact lens package as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: described drainage component comprises net.
6. contact lens package as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: described drainage component comprises the plastic sheet with the perforation that therefrom sees through.
7. contact lens package as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the size and dimension of described lens cup and described lid is convenient to be fitted to each other, described container further comprises the potted component that is connected to removedly on the described container, so that form water-stop between described lens cup and described lid.
8. contact lens package as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the size and dimension of described lid matches so that form water-stop with described lens cup.
9. contact lens package as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described lid and described lens cup are hinged.
10. contact lens package as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described handle and described container are with respect to described handle and the common axis symmetry of described container.
11. contact lens package as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that: described handle is conical substantially.
12. contact lens package as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that: described handle has outer surface and a plurality of ridge that extends along outer surface.
13. contact lens package as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described handle limits opening and is hollow, and described container has when cooperating the stopper of installing to insert described opening with the described stopper element of box lunch and described handle forms frictional fit.
14. a contact lens applicator comprises:
Container, the lid that comprises lens cup and cover described lens cup can hold the cavity of contact lenses to form size, shape, and described lid is in the closed position that hides contact lenses and contact lenses directly can be worn between the open position on user's eyes and move; With
Operate the handle of described contact lens applicator.
15. contact lens applicator as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that: the size and dimension of described lens cup can keep described contact lenses so that the periphery of described lid contact lenses when described open position is exposed at the outside of described lens cup.
16. contact lens applicator as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that: described handle and described container are with respect to described handle and the common axis symmetry of described container, and described handle has outer surface and a plurality of ridge that extends along described outer surface.
17. the lid that a method of using applicator to wear contact lenses, this applicator have lens cup, cover described lens cup can hold the eyeglass chamber of contact lenses and big quantity of fluid to form size, shape, and handle, said method comprising the steps of:
Applicator is placed on first direction, so that the eyeglass cavity is full of liquid substantially;
Operating grip is placed on second direction with contact lens package, so that eyeglass cavity evacuation of liquid substantially;
Mobile lid is to open position, and contact lenses can be touched by the user;
Operating grip is worn to contact lenses on user's the eyes.
18. method as claimed in claim 17 further comprises the steps: by drainage component liquid to be entered from lens cup and goes to applicator in the collecting chamber.
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US66713805P | 2005-03-31 | 2005-03-31 | |
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