Patent ID: 7811503
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: B29D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A biomedical device carrier assembly for holding a plurality of polymerized biomedical devices during an extraction procedure, the carrier assembly comprising: a first carrier and a second carrier, the first carrier comprising a substantially planar substrate having a first substrate surface, and a second substrate surface opposing the first substrate surface, the distance between the first substrate surface and opposing second surface defining a substrate thickness; a plurality of recesses extending from the first substrate surface and beyond the second substrate surface, each recess having a depth greater than the substrate thickness and being structured to accommodate a polymerized biomedical device as the polymerized biomedical device expands in size during an extraction procedure of the polymerized biomedical device; and at least one carrier spacing member structured to provide an inter-carrier distance from about 0.12 inches to about 0.50 inches when the first carrier spacing member is in contact with the second carrier such that a convex surface of the first carrier opposes a concave surface of a recess of the second carrier and extends into the recess of the second carrier to form a cavity to accommodate the polymerized biomedical device; wherein the inter-carrier distance is measured between a bottom surface of a recess of the first carrier and a top surface of a recess of the second carrier located beneath the first carrier, or is measured between the second substrate surface of the first carrier and the first substrate surface of the second carrier located beneath the first carrier.