Patent classifications
G02C7/047
LENS EDGE FEATURES FOR DETERMING LENS PLACEMENT AND ALIGNMENT
A contact lens having a lens edge defining an outer periphery of the contact lens, an optic zone positioned within the lens edge designed to provide corrective vision for a patient, a Lens Center having a vertical axis and a horizontal axis passing therethrough, and first and second fiducial indicators present at first and second different locations around the lens edge. The first and second fiducial indicators each include at least one recess into or at least one projection extending outwardly from the lens edge and are different from one another.
CONTACT LENS COMPRISING A SUPERIOR LENTICULAR ASPECT
Disclosed herein is a contact lens comprising a rounded, minus-carrier, lenticular-like curve over a central, upper portion of the lens that allows the contact lens to translate upwards in downgaze.
CONTACT LENS COMPRISING A LENTICULAR IN A SUPERIOR PORTION OF THE CONTACT LENS
Disclosed herein is a contact lens comprising a lenticular in a superior portion of the contact lens wherein the contact lens attaches to an upper eyelid of a wearer by the lenticular interacting with an upper tarsal plate of the upper eyelid of a wearer, said interaction allows the contact lens to translate upwards in downgaze and maintain rotational stability. In one aspect, the lenticular has a top surface, said top surface having a shape selected from the group consisting of flat, flat with rounded corners, concave, convex or tapered having a thicker portion closer to an edge of the contact lens, or combinations thereof. In another aspect, the lenticular is comprised of a plurality of lenticular sections. In yet another aspect, the lenticular is anatomically-shaped.
WEARABLE MODEL EYE APPARATUS
Disclosed is a model eye apparatus by which patients can wear an intraocular lens in reality before a surgery and experience an image that the patients will actually see after the surgery. A wearable model eye apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of guide members arranged in parallel; an intraocular lens module which is installed to be movable forward or backward by guidance of the plurality of guide members and has an intraocular lens installed therein; and a minus lens module which is installed in front of the intraocular lens module to be movable forward or backward by guidance of the plurality of guide members and has a minus lens disposed therein.
Chiral scleral lenses
The present disclosure relates to trial scleral lenses, and the resulting scleral lenses, designed for the asymmetric shape of the sclera and/or its chiral properties. In some embodiments, the scleral lenses are also designed for the specific asymmetry associated with different scleral diameters. In addition, as discussed herein, the scleral shape can vary with different conditions of the eye. By designing a set of trial scleral lenses that takes into account these different asymmetric properties of the sclera, a clinician can be more efficient, fitting more eyes with fewer subsequent modifications. The resulting lenses will also achieve a better fit.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A LENS
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for forming an ophthalmic lens. An exemplary method includes providing a plurality of posterior tools each having a posterior optic defining surface and a plurality of anterior tools each having an anterior optic defining surface, wherein each one of the plurality of posterior tools has a different central posterior optic defining surface including a unique conic section. The method further includes selecting one of the plurality of posterior tools and one of the plurality of anterior tools based on a criteria, and forming a posterior mold by the selected one of the plurality of posterior tools and an anterior mold by the selected one of the plurality of anterior tools, the posterior mold and the anterior mold operable to form an ophthalmic lens having the criteria.
Saccade detection and endpoint prediction for electronic contact lenses
Operation of an electronic contact lens takes into account saccadic motion of the eye and reduced visual perception during saccades (saccadic suppression). The user's eye motion is tracked, and onset of a saccade is detected based on the eye's motion. For example, saccades may be detected when the eye's acceleration or jerk exceeds a threshold. The endpoint of the saccade is then predicted in real-time while the saccade is still occurring. This may be the temporal endpoint (i.e., when the saccade ends) and/or the positional endpoint (i.e., the eye position at the end of the saccade). Operation of the electronic contact lens is adjusted based on the predicted endpoint.
Scleral lens with fenestration and pockets
The present invention provides a scleral lens with a fenestration and pockets. One fenestration or a plurality of annularly-distributed fenestrations are provided in an optic zone of the scleral lens; and two or more pockets are provided in a pocket annular zone on a posterior surface of the optic zone. The pockets are configured to trap gas bubbles near the fenestration, where the fenestration is located radially outward from the pocket annular zone and not located in a transition zone of the scleral lens, and the transition zone is configured to be located above the limbus of the eyeball during wearing of the scleral lens. The lens of the present invention will not be adsorbed to the cornea, and can be worn comfortably and maintain clear visual acuity for up to 12 hours.
COMFORT-OPTIMIZED CONTACT LENS SYSTEM FOR NON-ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC EYE ABERRATION
A system of contact lenses includes at least two contact lenses, each lens having a visual correction for a non-rotationally symmetric eye aberration. Each lens has a different level or degree of a stabilization that is characterized by a thickness differential between a thickness of a stabilization zone and a thickness of a non-stabilization zone.
Orthokeratology lens with displaced shaping zone
A contact lens for application in practice of orthokeratology on an eye, including a curved shell having a concave surface and a convex surface. The concave surface includes a carrier zone and a back shaping zone, the back shaping zone having a first curvature and the carrier zone having at least one second curvature. The curved shell has a geometric center and the back shaping zone has a shaping zone center and the back shaping zone center is offset peripherally from the geometric center. The curved shell can have an overall diameter that approximates a corneal limbal diameter of the eye to which the contact lens is to be applied.