ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,238, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).
"Contact lens blister package" was invented by Jose A. Burgos Cruz (Coamo, Puerto Rico), Lucas Sievens Figueroa (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Robin Frith (Southampton, Great Britain), Jaroslaw W. Orlik (Southampton, Great Britain), Paul David Riggs (Southampton, Great Britain) and Kristin Waxmonsky (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blister package assembly 1 is disclosed. A seal member 10 affixed to the planar surface region 6 of each base member 4 to form a seal 12 and thereby contain a contact lens and a packaging solution...