Patents by Inventor Herbert L. Schurgin

Herbert L. Schurgin 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).

  • Contact lens application and removal instrument
    Patent number: 4093291
    Abstract: An instrument for applying a contact lens to a user's eye and for removing a contact lens therefrom. The instrument is especially adapted for use with soft contact lenses and comprises a central footplate having a curved surface on which a lens can be retained by liquid adhesion and having an illuminated aperture providing an accurate and easily visible target for alignment of the instrument with the eye, and a pair of resilient arms between which the footplate is disposed and having shaped end portions for engagement of a contact lens. The arms are movable toward each other to grasp the edges of a contact lens worn by the user for removal of the lens from the cornea onto the footplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Inventor: Herbert L. Schurgin
  • Contact lens inserting instrument
    Patent number: D261896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Inventors: Herbert L. Schurgin, Paul H. Eldridge