Patent ID: 7967133
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: A45C,B32B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A contact lens package comprising: a first flexible substrate; a soft unused contact lens having a first and a second side, wherein said first side of said unused contact lens is placed on said first flexible substrate; a second flexible substrate coupled to said first substrate such that said second flexible substrate faces said second side of said unused contact lens; said unused contact lens hermetically sealed via a peelable seal on at least three sides between said first substrate and said second substrate, said hermetic seal being configured to withstand a pressure associated with autoclaving said package to terminal sterility; a buffer fluid sealed between said first flexible substrate and said second flexible substrate, wherein said buffer fluid is free flowing within said package and contacts said unused contact lens; wherein said first flexible substrate and said second flexible substrate are each less than 0.5 mm thick and neither said first flexible substrate nor said second flexible substrate is preformed; and wherein said package containing said unused contact lens is a retort package; wherein the substrate are sealed in an area surrounding said contacts lens, said seal being formed in a point on a first side of the package to facilitate a predictable initial opening force used to separate said substrates; and wherein said package is free of additional internal structural objects.