Patent ID: 8801067

Claim:
A gripper for grasping an ophthalmic lens immersed in a liquid, the gripper comprising: a housing having an opening arranged at the distal end of the housing, the opening being in communication with an interior space defined by the housing and being sized to allow the ophthalmic lens to pass therethrough, a supply channel for generating underpressure in the interior space of the housing to allow the ophthalmic lens together with an amount of the liquid in which the ophthalmic lens is immersed to be sucked through the opening into the interior space of the housing, and a supply channel for generating overpressure in the interior space of the housing so as to allow the ophthalmic lens together with the amount of liquid to be released from the interior space through the opening at the distal end of the housing; wherein the supply channel for generating underpressure and the supply channel for generating overpressure are in communication with the interior space of the housing at a proximal end portion of the housing; and further comprising a piston movably arranged in the interior space of the housing between a distal end position of the piston and a proximal end position of the piston.