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(11) EP 1 284 110 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/08

(21) Application number: 02255558.5

(22) Date of filing: 08.08.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A45C 11/00, B65D 77/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 09.08.2001 US 925117

(71) Applicant: Johson & Johnson Vision Care Inc.
Jacksonville, FL 32256 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Phillips, Robert Briggs
    Orange Park, FL 32065-7447 (US)
  • Duarte, Mark Alan
    Jacksonville, FL 32257 (US)

(74) Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al
Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB)

   


(54) Contact lens package


(57) This invention provides a disposable contact lens package comprising a base having a top surface and a recessed well having a perimeter in the top surface, said well for holding said contact lens therein, said top surface comprising a raised seal volume surrounding said perimeter of said recessed well said raised surface having a cross-sectional shape comprising two linear sides that intersect the horizontal plane at angles alpha and beta, respectively, wherein angles alpha and beta independently have values from 125 to 170 degrees; and wherein said package further comprises a removable lidstock sealed to said raised seal volume.






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