Patent ID: 6572165
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A manipulator for applying a contact lens in or removing it from a user's eye and of the kind comprising,a manipulation part for manipulating the manipulator by a user's fingers, a supporting part on the manipulation part for supporting a contact lens having a convex face, a concave face on the supporting part for receiving and detachably retaining the convex face of the contact lens, and at least one slit in the concave face of the supporting part, wherein:the manipulator is designed as a fingerstall, the fingerstall comprises a skirt forming the manipulation part of the manipulator and a base forming its supporting part, the skirt comprises a substantially cylindrical end section and a substantially conically shaped base section, the base section comprises the concave face and at least a part of the at least one slit; and the outer wall of the conically shaped base section constitutes a gripping surface for the user's fingers.