Patent ID: 7213382

Claim:
An apparatus for packaging contact lenses in a plurality of contact lens containers, each container having a recess, a sealing flange about said recess, and a contact lens within said recess, a plurality of said containers being sealed in said apparatus to a contiguous lidstock to form a set of packages, said apparatus comprising: a platen in a lower portion of the apparatus, said platen comprising a compliant head that is compliant in more than one direction, said platen capable of supporting a plurality of carriers; a plurality of discrete carriers, said carriers being movable within said apparatus onto said platen so that said carriers are located adjacent to one another, each carrier adapted to carry one said container; a lidstock maneuvering system for placing lidstock over a plurality of said containers; and a plurality of lifts; a plurality of movable mandrels disposed above said platen; each of said mandrels being individually supported by one of said lifts and such that each of said carriers is located below each of said mandrels; whereby pressure is applied to said lidstock and said flange of each said container between said mandrels and said platen by said plurality of lifts to adhere said lidstock to said containers.