Apparatus for asepticizing soft contact lenses at high temperature

Claim 1

Apparatus for ascepticising soft contact lenses comprising: an autoclave having a chamber for said contact lenses, said chamber being defined by insulated walls, one of said walls comprising a sealable inlet means; said autoclave further having an electrical resistance heater for heating said chamber and means for sensing the temperature in said chamber; said apparatus further comprising a power unit for supplying electrical energy to said autoclave and having an indent therein for housing said autoclave; said indent having a spring means resiliently engaging said inlet means and thereby sealing said inlet means; and said power unit further having means operatively connected to said spring means for automatically ejecting said autoclave from said indent and for simultaneously disconnecting the electrical energy of said power unit from said autoclave at the end of an ascepticising cycle, said ejecting and disconnecting means including latch means for preventing actuation thereof prior to completion of the ascepticising cycle.