US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Device for contact lens application assistance" (New Jersey, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,006, issued on July 28.

"Device for contact lens application assistance" was invented by Rohan Reshamwala (Parsippany, N.J.), John Gelles (Teaneck, N.J.) and David Slater (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for assisting the application of a contact lens to a wearer's eye includes a contact lens support having a viewing tube and a light transmitting tube. A first end of the light transmitting tube is positioned proximate a distal end of the viewing tube, while a second end is exposed to a light source. Light from the source is transmitted through the tube to create a lit fixation target at the first en...