Claims
- 1. A method of cleaning a contact lens contaminated with contaminants and having an optical surface, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a reactive treatment material, the treatment material being generally hydrophobic relative to the lens and having a generally non-abrasive reactive surface against which the lens is contiguously positionable, and which when positioned in contiguous wetted contact to the optical surface of the lens attracts foreign compositions from the lens;
- positioning the optical surface of the lens in contiguous engagement with the reactive surface;
- wetting the engaging surface with an ophthalmologically-compatible solution;
- maintaining the optical surface in contact with the reactive surface for a period of time sufficient to dislodge the foreign compositions from the lens; and
- removing the lens from the reactive treatment material.
- 2. The method of cleaning a contact lens according to claim 1 including the additional step of providing a thin flexible reactive material having a reactive surface closely formable to the optical surface of the lens.
- 3. The method of cleaning a contact lens according to claim 2 including the additional step of pressing the deformable reactive material into engagement with the optical surface of the lens.
- 4. The method of cleaning a contact lens according to claim 3 including the additional steps of
- positioning a layer of compressible material in contact with the reactive layer, and
- applying a force to the compressible layer to obtain a contiguous contact between the optical surface of the lens and the reactive surface of the reactive material.
- 5. The method of cleaning a contact lens according to claim 3 including the additional step of wetting the compressible layer prior to pressing the reactive surface into contiguous contact with the optical surface.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application(s) Ser. No. 08/398,057, filed Mar. 2, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,657,506, which is a FWC continuation of Ser. No. 08/004,961, filed on Jan. 15, 1993, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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