IP Library Granted Patent US 11,974,642
Granted Patent B2
US 11,974,642 · App. 17/292,368 · Granted May 7, 2024

Lens care container

Inventors: Roger Biel (Aschaffenburg, DE); Matthias Schwab (Amorbach, DE); Justyna Justynska-Reimann (Aschaffenburg, DE)
Assignee: Alcon Inc.
A45C11/005A45C15/00A61L12/086
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Patent No.
US 11,974,642
App. No.
17/292,368
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens care container ( 1 ), in particular for contact lenses such as hard or soft contact lenses, comprises: a receptacle ( 2 ) for receiving a lens and a lens care liquid, a cap ( 3 ) configured to be attached to the receptacle ( 2 ) to close the receptacle ( 2 ), a sensor ( 5 ) configured to indicate an actual loading of the container ( 1 ) with germs or configured to indicate a pH value of the lens care liquid in the receptacle ( 2 ). The sensor ( 5 ) is arranged in the receptacle ( 2 ) when the cap ( 3 ) is attached to the receptacle ( 2 ).

Claims (20)

1. Lens care container ( 1 ) for contact lenses, the container ( 1 ) comprising:

a receptacle ( 2 ) for receiving a lens and a lens care liquid,

a cap ( 3 ) configured to be attached to the receptacle ( 2 ) to close the receptacle ( 2 ),

a sensor ( 5 ) configured to indicate an actual loading of the container ( 1 ) with germs or configured to indicate a pH value of the lens care liquid in the receptacle ( 2 ),

wherein the sensor ( 5 ) is arranged in the receptacle ( 2 ) when the cap ( 3 ) is attached to the receptacle ( 2 ),

a holder ( 4 ) attached to the lid ( 30 ) of the cap ( 3 ) and projecting downwardly from the lid ( 30 ), the holder ( 4 ) comprising two baskets ( 40 , 41 ) for accommodating and holding the lens, one in each basket, in the receptacle ( 2 ) when the cap ( 3 ) is screwed onto the receptacle ( 2 ),

wherein the sensor ( 5 ) is a printable bioelectronic sensor.

2. Lens care container according to claim 1 ,

wherein the receptacle ( 2 ) comprises

a bottom ( 20 )

a circumferentially running receptacle sidewall ( 21 ) extending upwardly from a radial outer end of the bottom ( 20 ) and having an upper end portion ( 210 ) that terminates in an upper rim ( 211 ) surrounding a top opening ( 212 ) of the receptacle ( 2 ),

an outer thread arranged in the upper portion ( 210 ) of the receptacle sidewall ( 21 ) on an outer surface thereof,

wherein the cap ( 3 ) comprises

a lid ( 30 )

a circumferentially running cap sidewall ( 31 ) extending downwardly from the lid ( 30 ),

an inner thread arranged on an inner wall of the cap sidewall ( 31 ),

wherein the outer and inner threads are configured to allow for screwing the cap ( 3 ) onto the receptacle ( 2 ) to close the top opening ( 212 ), thereby closing the container ( 1 ).

3. Lens care container according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor ( 5 ) is arranged on an inner wall of the bottom ( 20 ) of the receptacle ( 2 ).

4. Lens care container according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor ( 5 ) is arranged on an inner wall of the receptacle sidewall ( 21 ).

5. Lens care container according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor ( 5 ) is arranged on the holder ( 4 ).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: BIEL, ROGER; SCHWAB, MATTHIAS; JUSTYNSKA-REIMANN, JUSTYNA
To: CIBA VISION GMBH
Reel/Frame 056374/0323 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: CIBA VISION GMBH
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 056374/0449 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62757850 · Nov 9, 2018
Related Publication 20220000231A1 · Jan 6, 2022