Patent SG-11201804027R-A (SG)
Title: Method and system for removing a liquid from a container for accommodating an ophthalmic lens
Inventor: BEIL ROGER
IPC: F26B5/12
Filed: 2016-11-14
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -' Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date ..... ..sr.1 15 June 2017(15.06.2017) WIPO I PCT ID Hit (10) WO 1111111111111111111 International Ell 2017/098354 Publication 1111111111101111111111111RIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Number Al (51) International Patent Classification: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, B29D 11/00 (2006.01) F26B 5/12 (2006.01) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, (21) International Application Number: KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, PCT/IB2016/056847 MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (22) International Filing Date: OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, 14 November 2016 (14.11.2016) SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, (25) Filing Language: English ZW. (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (30) Priority Data: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, 62/266,034 11 December 2015 (11.12.2015) US GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (71) Applicant: NOVARTIS AG [CH/CH]; Lichtstrasse 35, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, 4056 Basel (CH). DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, (72) Inventors: BEIL, Roger; c/o CIBA Vision GmbH, Post- fach 4, 63868 Grosswallstadt (DE). KOPP, Andrea; c/o SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, CIBA Vision GmbH, Postfach 4, 63868 Grosswallstadt GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (DE). STRUCKMEIER, Katrin Sylke; c/o CIBA Vision Declarations under Rule 4.17: GmbH, Postfach 4, 63868 Grosswallstadt (DE). STUTZ, — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a Michael; c/o CIBA Vision GmbH, Postfach 4, 63868 patent (Rule 4.170) Grosswallstadt (DE). — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the of the priority (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every earlier application (Rule 4.17 (iii)) — kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, [Continued on next page] (54) Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVING A LIQUID FROM A CONTAINER FOR ACCOMMODATING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS i t 1 1 1 IP - , 24 i 1 4 II 21 . _. , te r i as z .; 23 Il .4t I ial IMI in i t in en Fig. 4 GC C\ 0 If - -- 1-1 O (57) : A method of removing a liquid from a container (1) for accommodating an ophthalmic contact lens, in particular a ei soft contact lens, during transporting the container (1) from a liquid bath (13) to a subsequent processing station (14), the method 0 comprising the steps of: - transporting the container (1) from the liquid bath to the subsequent processing station, - generating suc - ,1 . tion (20), and - applying the suction (20) to a bottom (11) of the container (1) during the step of transporting the container (1) from the liquid bath to the subsequent processing station, thereby removing the liquid from the container (1). WO 2017/098354 Al IMIOHOMMIDIIMOIDERNIMIROMINIMMOVOIMIE Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))