METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEACHING AND RELEASING SILICONE HYDROGEL OPHTHALMIC LENSES WITH ALCOHOL SOLUTIONS - Patent 1968784

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EP 1 968 784 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.09.2007

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.09.2008 Bulletin 2008/38

(21)	Application number: 06847815.5

(22)	Date of filing: 18.12.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B29D 11/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/048561

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/075760 (05.07.2007 Gazette 2007/27)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IE IT

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Priority:

20.12.2005 US 864661 P

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

(72)	Inventors:
	VANDERLAAN, Douglas G. Jacksonville, FL 32206 (US) DUBEY, Dharmesh K. Jacksonville, Florida 32256 (US) FORD, James D. Orange Park, Florida 32003 (US) MOLOCK, Frank F. Orange Park, Florida 32003 (US)

(74)	Representative: Tunstall, Christopher Stephen et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

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