B29D11/00

COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT SPECIFIC OPHTHALMIC DEVICE

Systems, methods, and devices to fabricate one or more device components are disclosed. An example method includes fabricating one or more subject specific device components generated from receiving one or more images of one or more features of the first eye of the subject; designing a three dimensional virtual geometric model of the ophthalmic device using the one or more images; generating a plurality of virtual cross-sections of the three-dimensional virtual geometric model, wherein the cross-sections are defined by a set of physical parameters derived from the three-dimensional model; and fabricating the one or more subject specific features using the plurality of virtual cross-sections of the three dimensional model to direct an additive manufacturing method.

Methods and Apparatus for Positioning a Structure on a Polymer Layer
20180009181 · 2018-01-11 ·

Methods and apparatus for positioning a structure on a polymer layer are described. A method may involve forming a first polymer layer. The method may further involve positioning, by an apparatus, a structure on the first polymer layer, where the apparatus comprises a rod having a first end that supports the structure as the structure is being positioned and a plunger located around the first end of the rod that presses the structure onto the first polymer layer as the structure is being positioned. And the method may involve forming a second polymer layer over the first polymer layer and the structure, where the first polymer layer defines a first side of a body-mountable device and the second polymer layer defines a second side of the body-mountable device opposite the first side.

Adjustable fluid-filled lens assembly and method for assembling the same

A method of assembling an adjustable fluid-filled lens assembly comprising biaxially tensioning an elastomeric membrane to a surface tension of greater than 180 N/m, typically greater than 1000 N/m; thermally conditioning the tensioned membrane, e.g., for one hour at a temperature of about 80° C., to accelerate relaxation of the membrane; mounting the membrane to a peripheral support structure whilst maintaining the tension in the membrane; assembling the mounted membrane with one or more other components to form an enclosure with the membrane forming one wall of the enclosure; and thereafter filling the enclosure with a fluid. The membrane may be formed from an aromatic polyurethane, and the fluid may be a phenylated siloxane. In some embodiments, the membrane is able to hold a substantially constant surface tension of at least 180 N/m for a period of at least 12 months.

COATINGS OF NON-PLANAR SUBSTRATES AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

A coated article may comprise a substrate and an optical coating. The substrate may have a major surface comprising a first portion and a second portion. A first direction that is normal to the first portion of the major surface may not be equal to a second direction that is normal to the second portion of the major surface. The optical coating may be disposed on at least the first portion and the second portion of the major surface. The coated article may exhibit at the first portion of the substrate and at the second portion of the substrate hardness of about 8 GPa or greater at an indentation depth of about 50 nm or greater as measured on the anti-reflective surface by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test.

Portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber

A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.

LIGHT FLUX CONTROLLING MEMBER, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT FLUX CONTROLLING MEMBER
20180010771 · 2018-01-11 ·

A light flux controlling member includes a lens body and a cut part. The lens body and the cut part are an integrally molded article composed of a cured product of a liquid resin composition. The cut part extends outward from the entire circumference of the outer peripheral part of the lens body in plan view of the light flux controlling member. The cut part includes the outward-facing end surface bearing a blade mark or a melting mark. In the front-rear direction of the light flux controlling member, the distance between the bottom surfaces of the cut part and the lens body is 20 μm or more.

Direct Surfacing Optimized Lens Blank
20180011343 · 2018-01-11 · ·

A semi-finished ophthalmic lens for formation of a plurality of different finished ophthalmic lenses requiring reduced amounts of lens material to be removed for formation of the finished ophthalmic lenses and reduced rates of departure of a surfacing tool and methods of making the same.

SILICONE HYDROGELS COMPRISING N-ALKYL METHACRYLAMIDES AND CONTACT LENSES MADE THEREOF
20180011223 · 2018-01-11 ·

The present invention relates to silicone hydrogels exhibiting desired combinations of physical and mechanical properties, formed from a reactive monomer mixture comprising at least one N-alkyl methacrylamide, and at least one silicone-containing component. These silicone hydrogels may also contain hydrophilic components, crosslinking agents and toughening monomers. These silicone hydrogels are useful in preparing biomedical devices, ophthalmic lenses, and contact lenses.

Optical adhesive

An optical adhesive including a viscoelastic or elastomeric adhesive layer and a cured polymer layer immediately adjacent the viscoelastic or elastomeric adhesive layer is described. The viscoelastic or elastomeric adhesive layer a refractive index less than 1.570 and the cured polymer layer has a refractive index of at least 1.570. An interface between the viscoelastic or elastomeric adhesive layer and the cured polymer layer is structured. The cured polymer layer has a storage modulus of at least 2000 MPa at 20° C. and a glass transition temperature of no more than 65° C.

Optical adhesive

An optical adhesive including a viscoelastic or elastomeric adhesive layer and a cured polymer layer immediately adjacent the viscoelastic or elastomeric adhesive layer is described. The viscoelastic or elastomeric adhesive layer a refractive index less than 1.570 and the cured polymer layer has a refractive index of at least 1.570. An interface between the viscoelastic or elastomeric adhesive layer and the cured polymer layer is structured. The cured polymer layer has a storage modulus of at least 2000 MPa at 20° C. and a glass transition temperature of no more than 65° C.