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OT-2026-000002260

Ophthalmic lens gripper

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Robotics & Automation › Robot Architectures
Inventors
BRAUN MATTHIAS, BRINCKMANN FELIX, GOLLAS NICHOLAS, GRYTDAL MELISSA COREEN, ICENOGLE DAVID ANDREW, JETZLAFF EDUARD, LENESCHMIDT BENJAMIN, NEUMANN JOHANNES, NICULAS CORNELIUS DANIEL, SAUERWEIN PHIL
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ALCON INC
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US-2026061635-A1, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 5 March 2026
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Abstract

A flexible gripper head for gripping an ophthalmic lens, comprises a gripping portion arranged at a distal longitudinal end of the gripper head and comprising a convex contact surface for contacting the ophthalmic lens to be gripped, a mounting portion arranged proximal to the gripping portion, a pivot portion arranged between the mounting portion and the gripping portion, wherein the gripping portion is flexibly pivotable with respect to the mounting portion about the pivot portion, and a principal vacuum supply channel. The gripping portion comprises at least three suction openings arranged in the ophthalmic surface of the gripper head. The gripper head further comprises a plurality of secondary vacuum supply channels comprising a proximal end fluidically connected to the principal vacuum supply channel and a distal end fluidically connected to one of the at least three suction openings arranged in the convex contact surface.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000002260, “Ophthalmic lens gripper,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:11:49 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002260.

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