Process for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9623589
APP PUB NO 20140072665A1
SERIAL NO

14074087

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There is described a process for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens and an apparatus for forming an ophthalmic lens, in particular a silicone hydrogel contact lens, wherein in a mold assembly a first and a second mold half (101, 102) are first arranged in an intermediate closed position in which the mold surfaces of the two mold halves are spaced apart from each other at a distance increase (d1) of preferably 1 to 100 μm relative to a final distance (d0) in a final closed position, and wherein, during curing of the lens forming material (202), the mold surfaces (105, 106) of the mold halves (101, 102) are actively or passively moved or moving from the intermediate closed position to the final closed position, where the distance increase (d1) is 0.

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ALCON INCFRIBOURG FREIBURG FRIBOURG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Biel, Roger Aschaffenburg, DE 68 443
Cocora, Gabriela Elsenfeld-Eichelsbach, DE 14 33
Hagmann, Peter Erlenbach am Main, DE 66 1729
Haken, Uwe Norcross, US 17 130
Hall, William Jordan Charlotte, US 9 96
Heinrich, Axel Aschaffenburg, DE 37 318
Lässig, Günter Obernburg, DE 15 57
Lu, Honghui Johns Creek, US 8 27
Mulcahy, Deborah J Suwanee, US 4 43
Pope, Carlton Lithonia, US 2 12
Reece, Daryl Atlanta, US 12 48
Seiferling, Bernhard Goldbach, DE 53 1609

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