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Apparatus for cleaning and sterilizing soft contact lenses

  • US 4,582,076 A
  • Filed: 04/20/1984
  • Issued: 04/15/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for cleaning and hot sterilizing hydrophilic, soft contact lenses comprising a first, disinfection unit including a receptacle adapted to be at least partly filled with a disinfecting liquid, a lens holder for accommodating two contact lenses, means for removably mounting said lens holder inside said receptacle, means for providing communication between liquid in said receptable and lenses accommodated in said lens holder, means for rotatably mounting said lens holder in said receptacle, means for rotating said lens holder in said receptacle for effecting cleansing action by turbulent flow of the disinfecting liquid over the lenses, means for heating the disinfecting liquid inside receptacle for hot sterilizing the lenses after cleaning, and a second, control unit for controlling said means for heating the disinfecting liquid for providing a series of alternating high temperature (not greater than about 60°

  • C.) and low temperature periods.

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