Patents by Inventor David M. Maroukis

David M. Maroukis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for sterilization and secondary packaging
    Patent number: 5488815
    Abstract: An apparatus for the sterilization and secondary packaging into cartons of arrays of blister packages, each of which contains at least one hydrophilic contact lens immersed in a sterile aqueous solution. More specifically, disclosed is an apparatus adapted to provide for the assembly of paired arrays of blister packages which are suitably interleaved and transported in batches of predetermined quantities within one or more trays. These trays are transported to a sterilization chamber for sterilizing the arrays of blister packages, and from which the sterilized arrays of blister packages in which at least the contents thereof are maintained in a sterile condition, and which are then transported to a locale for implementing the secondary packaging thereof into sealable cartons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Ben A. Hutchinson, David M. Maroukis, Claude E. Monsees