DE10023632A1 - Device to adjust time display on contact lens container has container with one or more chambers and mechanical or electronic display fixed to base or lid with time scale in days, months or years - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has a container (1) with one or more chambers (4) and a usage display (8) fixed to the base or the lid (2) of the container. The display may be mechanical or electronic and can be variably adjusted. The adjustment can be reversed. The display has a time scale in days, months or years.

Description

field of use

The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of Claim 1.

So that contact lenses with limited usability are not too long are worn and thus damage the health , they should always be properly cleaned, stored and in the right place Time interval to be exchanged.

There are various types of contact lens storage forms of containers. For example, there were single and multiple entries mer systems, in which the contact lenses in a common or several separate liquid baths are cleaned or stored the.

DE 197 57 356 C1 describes, for example, a device for the care of Contact lenses with a platinum inner coating. It refers to a two-chamber container.

There are various options for the time / date / day of the first application or first wear. this happens usually by writing on the packaging of the contact lenses or on the detergent bottle. But not directly on the container.

Disadvantages of the prior art

The different containers, single-chamber and multi-chamber systems, are designed for storage or cleaning only. The time / date / day the first application or the first wearing the  Hold users outside and away from this container. This the most important point in time is therefore from the direct field of vision of the user otherwise.

Also noting the time / date / day on a package, on the bathroom mirror or the cleaning or storage liquid bottle does not remedy this fact if the user, for example goes on a trip or stays outside.

If the usability interval is determined by e.g. B. the number of cleaning tablets should be limited, can not be traced to what days the wear was suspended. As a result, you can Contact lenses improperly, in the sense of a beyond the usability period application, and damage to the Eye.

Object of the invention

The usage display can be set variably, mechanically or electrically nisch executable and not separable from the container. It is supposed to be physically solid be connected. Thus, a set time / date / day can Users are constantly visualized.

Solution of the task

The usage display simplifies the recording of the time / date / day the first application or the first wearing and connects this information physically with the storage container.

Advantages of the invention

The time / date / day of first use or first wear should be constantly visualized for the user during handling. Before he the lenses can always be used on the container de Choose a contact lens for each eye, while looking at the usage availability indicator and at the same time receives the information whether it is his Can still use contact lenses or must be replaced. He now uses the contact lenses, although the usability is not more is guaranteed, he accepts damage.  

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings and are described in more detail below. Show it

Fig. 1 drawing of a single-chamber container with mechanical display

Fig. 2 drawing of a single-chamber container with electronic display

Fig. 3 drawing of a multi-chamber container with mechanical display

Fig. 4 drawing of a multi-chamber container with electronic display

A single-chamber container usually consists of a base body 1 and a lid 2 . In a known manner, the cover 2 is worked out in such a way that a holding tree 3 for receiving contact lenses is placed in the middle in two separate cups 4 . The base body 1 is usually made of plastic according to transpar. The cover can also contain one or more ventilation holes. Mechanical indicators 5 , 6 made of plastic are now rotatably mounted on the top of the cover 2 so that they can be adjusted according to the scale division.

So that the time of the first use or the first wearing can now be recorded, the discs are set to a point 7 at this time.

An electronic display 8 can be glued to the cover in a modular manner and offers the same or extended functions as the mechanical display.

In the case of a multi-chamber system, for example a two-chamber container, the lenses are stored separately, ie each lens has a separate liquid bath and its own chamber with a lid, which can be designed as a single-chamber container. Here, the mechanical indicators can either be attached to the covers 9 , 10 or to the base body 11 . Here, too, an electronic display 8 is possible at different positions as in the single-chamber system.

Claims (5)

1. A device for setting a time on contact lens containers, characterized in that a display (usage display) is firmly attached to a single-chamber or multi-chamber container (base body or cover). 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the display ge (usage display) mechanically or electronically becomes. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the Display (usage display) is variably adjustable. 4. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the Display (usage display) this setting is permanently reversible maintains. 5. The device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the Display (usage display) by time units (days / months / years) is scaled.