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(88) Date of publication A3: 20.11.2003 (43) Date of publication: 08.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/50 (21) Application number: 03713726.2 (22) Date of filing: 27.02.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61L 2/24, A61L 12/04, A61L 2/07, B65B 55/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/005946 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/074093 (12.09.2003 Gazette 2003/37)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (30) Priority: 01.03.2002 US 360904 P (71) Applicant: Johson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. Jacksonville, FL 32256 (US)	(72) Inventor: JAMES, White Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 (US) (74) Representative: Tunstall, Christopher Stephen et al Carpmaels & Ransford,43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)