Method and apparatus for sterilizing and storing contact lenses

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21DIG2, 21102R, A61L 1300

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040638901

ABSTRACT:
A light-transmitting contact lens body of polymeric material is immersed in an aqueous liquid medium which is substantially transparent to the ultraviolet spectrum. The lens body and the liquid are irradiated with ultraviolet radiation sufficient to asepticize them but insufficient to cause significant molecular modification of the polymeric material.

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