APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOULDING CONTACT LENSES

摘要

A moulding apparatus for producing a contact lens the apparatus comprising: a two part mould having one moulding surface which is convex and a second moulding surface which is concave, the two surfaces together defining a sealed moulding cavity which receives a polymerisable material; characterised in that one or each of the mould parts include/s a region or regions wherein at least a part of the mould is flexible and which accommodates changes in volume of the polymerisable material within the cavity but with minimal or no axial movement of the mould parts.