Methods and apparatus are provided for eyeglass lens made using a solution casting process. The method may include providing a first soluble polymer solution. The method may include providing a first dye solution including at least one dye. The method may include adding the first dye solution to the first soluble polymer solution to form a first dyed solution. The method may include casting the first dyed solution to form a first film. The method may include providing a second soluble polymer solution. The method may include providing a second dye solution comprising at least one dye. The method may include adding the second dye solution to the second soluble polymer solution to form a second dyed solution. The method may include casting the second dyed solution onto the first film to form a two-layer film. The method may include laminating or casting the two-layer film to the eyeglass lens.

The present invention describes compounds and uses thereof in applications relating to absorption of electromagnetic energy. Preferred compounds are double bond-containing compounds capable of absorbing electromagnetic radiation energy and having improved properties.

Provided is a spectacle lens, having a lens substrate including a blue light absorbable compound, and a multilayer film including a chromium layer with a film thickness of 1.0 to 10.0 nm, blue light cut rate being 21.0% or more, a dominant wavelength measured at the object side surface of the spectacle lens falling within a range of 500.0 to 550.0 nm, and a dominant wavelength measured at the eyeball side surface of the spectacle lens falling within a range of 500.0 to 550.0 nm.

Some embodiments provide a lens including a lens body and an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in a plurality of spectral bands. Each of the plurality of spectral bands can include an absorptance peak with a spectral bandwidth, a maximum absorptance, and an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth. An attenuation factor obtained by dividing the integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth by the spectral bandwidth of the absorptance peak can be greater than or equal to about 0.8 for the absorptance peak in each of the plurality of spectral bands.

Disclosed are optical elements that contains two or more near infrared absorbers and methods of producing the same. Two near infrared absorbers with different near infrared wavelengths absorption ranges and residual colors are mixed with a precursor of an optical substrate. The resulting mixture is subsequently processed to produce optical elements that have a broad near infrared wavelength absorption range and a neutral residual color.

Provided is a benzotriazole compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 represent substituents. In Formula (1), n1 represents an integer from 0 to 4, and n2 represents an integer from 0 to 3.

The invention is directed to a colored cosmetic photochromic contact lens, comprising: a pupil section, a generally annular iris section surrounding the pupil section, wherein at least the pupil section is photochromic, wherein the iris section having a colored, printed, opaque, intermittent pattern, wherein the said pattern is covered by a clear ink layer, wherein the clear ink layer is on outer surface of lens to the observer.

An ophthalmic contact lens configured to treat color vision deficiency is presented herein. The contact lens includes a tinted region containing either or both of a first dye that is configured to absorb at least 50% of incident light in a spectral band between 480 nanometers to 500 nanometers and a second dye that is configured to absorb at least 50% of incident light in a spectral band between 550 nanometers to 580 nanometers. A method of manufacturing such a contact lens and a process of forming an ophthalmic contact lens by an additive manufacturing process is also presented.

Ophthalmic lenses and light filters containing special additives that have fluorescence emission in the near infrared region of wavelengths—in order to enhance phototherapy for the human eye when it is exposed to sunlight and artificial lighting.

Described are polymerizable high energy light absorbing compounds of formula I: ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, and X are as described herein. The compounds absorb various wavelengths of ultraviolet and/or high energy visible light and are suitable for incorporation in various products, such as biomedical devices and ophthalmic devices.