US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care on June 30 for "Contact lens packages having lens lifting arms and methods of handling" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,172, issued on June 30, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Contact lens packages having lens lifting arms 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: "The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages comprising arms and methods of use. A contact lens package (100) houses a contact lens (138) and packaging solution and is configured to lift via arms (134, 144) the contact lens out ...