Patent ID: 6702348
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An apparatus for applying a contact lens to an eye, the apparatus comprising:(a) an air bladder comprising a lower bulb, the lower bulb being spherical, the air bladder further comprising a neck, the neck having two ends, a first end and a second end, the first end of the neck being open-ended, the second end of the neck being connected to the lower bulb, (b) a tube having two ends, a first end and a second end, the tube being attached to the inside of the neck, the first end of the tube being substantially flushed with the open end of the neck, while the second end of the tube would run down through the neck and into the lower bulb, (c) a contact lens placed on the first end of the tube, (d) wherein the user would create a small amount of suction upon the contact lens by slightly squeezing the bulb and then partially relaxing the bulb, further wherein the user would place the contact lens immediately adjacent to one of the user's eyes, and further wherein the user would then quickly squeeze the bulb to release the contact lens onto the appropriate eye.