US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care on Aug. 11 for "Contact lens packages having twisting or thimble levers and methods of handling" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,588, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Contact lens packages having twisting or thimble levers and methods of handling" was invented by Sam Jonathan Popwell (Jacksonville, Fla.), Daniel Graham Ward (Cambridge, Great Britain), Stephen Sams (Cambridge, Great Britain) and William Stephen Honey (Bath, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are devices and methods for storage and application of a contact lens. The device includes an applicator cap (102) including a handle portion (106a) having a first end, a second end, and a body that extends between the fi...