Patent ID: 6955432

Claim:
A contact lens placement instrument for placing and releasing a contact lens comprising: an axial longitudinal hollow tube with a first end, second end, and an exterior and an interior wherein the interior is hollow and 1 mm in diameter from the first end to the second end; a contact lens holder with an axial direction, a first end and a second end, an interior and exterior sides, the interior is hollow and 1 mm in diameter from the first end to the second end wherein the first end receives the first end of the longitudinal hollow tube and the second holder end has a recessed conical surface 4-6 mm in diameter shaped to receive the outside curvature of the surface of a contact lens; and an air bulb with a hollow interior connected to the second end of the hollow tube wherein a contact lens is placed on the conical surface of the contact lens holder with the inside of the lens curvature facing towards the eye, the lens is carried to and seated on the eye, the air bulb is squeezed which delivers a puff of air to the contact lens surface as the contact lens placement instrument is removed from the eye, the puff of air effectively releasing the contact lens from the lens holder.