Apparatuses and methods for multistage molding of contact lenses containing low oxygen permeable components or oxygen impermeable components. Components may be embedded within a contact lens by forming a device on a polymer substrate, molding a spacer onto a male mold, bonding the device to the spacer, removing the polymer substrate, and molding the remainder of the contact lens.

A contact lens having more than one configuration is disclosed herein. The optical power of the contact lens may be dynamically changed through the different configurations of the contact lens. The different configurations may be actuated using a valve. Also disclosed herein is a contact lens comprising a dimension, which contact lens is configured to have the dimension change non-linearly as a function of a pressure applied to the contact lens.

Disclosed are lenses and methods for verifying a lens with an induced aperture. The lenses can have a geometry that, among other things, maintains a centered position about a wearer's eye to prevent more than a permissible amount of movement of the lens relative to the eye. Further disclosed is a method for verifying the power profiles used with the lens, and a lens that can have a single power profile for a wide range of presbyopia.

The present disclosure relates to an orthokeratology lens which may comprise an inner surface facing a cornea of a human eye when the orthokeratology lens is worn and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, the inner surface comprising a centrally located base are zone, wherein the base arc zone is configured for pressing and shaping an anterior surface of the cornea to have a shape that conforms to the base are zone, wherein the base arc zone comprises two or more regions, at least two of the two or more regions having different radii of curvature. The present disclosure also relates to a method for making orthokeratology lenses.

In certain embodiments, a surgical contact lens system for ophthalmic treatment with a laser beam includes a patient contact lens and a surgical contact lens. The patient contact lens reduces one or more refractive errors of the eye and has a concave surface and a convex surface. The concave surface is to be disposed outwardly from a cornea of an eye. The surgical contact lens has an eye end to be disposed outwardly from the convex surface of the patient contact lens. The surgical contact lens includes a frame and an optical component coupled to the frame. The patient contact lens reduces pressure from the surgical contact lens to reduce corneal folding of a posterior surface of the cornea. The optical component of the surgical contact lens and the patient contact lens transmit the laser beam to treat the eye.

A method comprises: disposing a physical landmark upon an eye of a user; capturing at least one image of the eye of the user with an image sensor while the eye is illuminated, wherein the image includes an image of the physical landmark and at least one other point on the surface of the eye outside of the cornea; processing the at least one image to obtain at least one metric of the eye of the user; and determining, based on the at least one metric, at least one parameter of a daily use contact lens to be worn on the eye of the user.

A contact lens comprising one or more microchannels for transport of liquid through the lens is provided. The contact lens can be made by contacting a curable composition with a microfiber that is insoluble in the curable composition; curing the curable composition to provide a polymeric lens body with the microfiber embedded therein; and contacting the polymeric lens body with a solvent to dissolve the microfiber.

A contact lens for treating myopia of an eye of a patient comprises an anterior surface; and a posterior surface having a semi-meridian defining: a central compression zone to contact the pretreatment cornea, a volume control zone peripheral to the central compression zone, a secondary compression zone to contact the pretreatment cornea, wherein the secondary compression zone is peripheral to the volume control zone, a peripheral relief zone peripheral to the secondary compression zone, a landing zone to contact the pretreatment cornea, wherein the landing zone is peripheral to the peripheral relief zone, and an edge terminus peripheral to the landing zone.

According to an embodiment, a contact lens includes: a vision correction lens portion positioned in a center portion of the contact lens to refract light; and a plurality of tear storage structures radially arranged from the center portion of the contact lens to store tears, wherein each of the plurality of tear storage structures includes a concave structure formed in the contact lens and having a first depth to store introduced tears.

According to an embodiment, a contact lens includes: a vision correction lens portion positioned in a center portion of the contact lens to refract light; and a drug storage structure arranged apart from the center portion and configured to store a drug, wherein the drug is provided to an eye of a user wearing the contact lens.

Methods and devices to identify contact lens wearers predisposed to contact lens discomfort are described. The methods and devices involve obtaining a tear film sample from a person and determining an amount of interleukin-17A present in the tear film sample.