Patent ID: 7998405

Claim:
A method of protecting an eye of a contact lens wearer from the effects of an irritating liquid disinfectant, comprising providing an aqueous solution of the disinfectant in a supply container having a normally closed dispensing opening adapted to be opened exclusively by coupling with a contact lens container having an unobstructed filling opening therein; configuring the supply container and the contact lens container so that transferring the liquid disinfectant from the supply container to the contact lens container can be accomplished only when the supply container is coupled to the contact lens container whereby a user cannot retrieve disinfecting solution directly from the supply container except into the lens container; transferring the liquid disinfectant from the supply container dispensing opening into the contact lens container through the filling opening; uncoupling the supply container from the contact lens container and exposing an interior of the contact lens container to an exterior thereof and then closing the filling opening; and then immersing at least one contact lens in the contact lens container having therein a catalyst for decomposing the liquid disinfectant; maintaining the at least one contact lens in contact with the disinfectant until the lenses are substantially disinfected.