Patent ID: 7410050

Claim:
A contact lens container for sealing within it a contact lens in a solution, and configured for use with an apparatus including a needle for penetrating the container and introducing through the needle a predetermined substance therein into contact with at least one of the contact lens and solution, and a laser for transmitting radiation onto a penetrated region of the container to thermally reseal the penetrated region and, in turn, seal the contact lens, solution, and predetermined substance within the container, the container comprising: a body defining a chamber; a contact lens and a contact lens solution received within the chamber; a substantially fluid-tight seal formed between the chamber and ambient atmosphere to seal the contact lens and solution within the chamber; a needle penetrable and laser resealable stopper located on the body in fluid communication with the chamber, wherein the stopper is penetrable by the needle to introduce the predetermined substance through the needle and into the chamber, and a penetrated region of the stopper is thermally resealable by application of radiation from the laser thereto to reseal the stopper and, in turn, seal the contact lens, solution and predetermined substance within the chamber.