Systems and Methods for Providing Contact Lenses to Consumers
System for providing contact lenses to consumers includes packaging right and left contact lens prescriptions together in a secondary package which contains prescription information before delivery to the consumer.
1 . A distributor-supplied secondary packaging for contact lenses comprising prescription information.
2 . The packaging of claim 1 , wherein said prescription information comprises at least one of:
a prescribing doctor's information;
a phone number of said prescribing doctor; or
personal patient information.
3 . The packaging of claim 2 , wherein said personal patient information comprises a patient's name.
4 . The packaging of claim 2 , further comprising lens information;
wherein said lens information comprises at least one of:
a lens base curve;
a lens power; or
a lens material.
5 . The packaging of claim 1 , wherein said patient prescription information is printed directly on said secondary package at a contact lens distribution center.
6 . The packaging of claim 1 , wherein some or all of said prescription information is printed on an adhesive substrate configured to be affixed to said secondary package.
7 . A contact lens packaging system, comprising:
a primary package including a contact lens; and
a secondary package configured to house said primary package;
wherein said secondary package includes patient prescription information.
8 . The contact lens packaging system of claim 7 , wherein said patient prescription information comprises at least one of:
a prescribing doctor's information;
a phone number of said prescribing doctor; or
personal patient information.
9 . The contact lens packaging system of claim 7 , wherein said patient prescription information is printed on said secondary package at a contact lens distribution center.
10 . The contact lens packaging system of claim 8 , wherein said personal patient information comprises a patient's name.
11 . The contact lens packaging system of claim 8 , further comprising lens information;
wherein said lens information comprises at least one of:
a lens base curve;
a lens power; or
a lens material.
12 . The contact lens packaging system of claim 8 , wherein said patient information is printed on an adhesive substrate configured to be affixed to said secondary package.
13 . The contact lens packaging system of claim 7 , wherein said secondary package is further configured to house contact lenses of two different powers.
14 . The contact lens packaging system of claim 7 , wherein said secondary package is further configured to house primary packages that have been pre-loaded into contact lens dispensing units.
15 . A method of providing contact lenses to consumers comprising:
manufacturing contact lenses of different powers and geometries;
packaging contact lenses of two different powers together;
stocking a percentage of the most common contact lens combinations packaged together in secondary packaging; and
shipping said packages to consumers.
16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising labeling said packages with prescription information before said shipping.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein said prescription information comprises at least one of:
a prescribing doctor's information;
a phone number of said prescribing doctor; or
personal patient information.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein said personal patient information comprises a patient's name.
19 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising lens information;
wherein said lens information comprises at least one of:
a lens base curve;
a lens power; or
a lens material.
20 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising pre-loading said contact lenses into contact lens dispensers before packaging said contact lenses in said secondary packaging.