ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,674, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Contact lens packages having an absorbent member" was invented by Sam Jonathan Popwell (Jacksonville, Fla.), Daniel Graham Ward (Bishop'Stortford, Great Britain), Stephen Sams (Bassingbourn, Great Britain) and Ismail Akram (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use and manufacture/assembly. A contact lens package may include a cavity that houses a contact lens, packaging solution, and an absorbent member. In one aspect, the absorbent member m...