Patent classifications
G02C7/027
Systems, methods and devices for controlling the progression of myopia
An ophthalmic lens system for reducing the risk of progression of a myopic eye by selectively maintaining, inducing or creating asymmetry of the peripheral retinal profile for the eye. A method for reducing the risk of progression of myopia comprising determining the magnitude of asymmetry of the on-axis/off-axis refractive error profile or eye length profile of the eye and providing an ophthalmic lens system that corrects for and provides acceptable on-axis vision and simultaneously controls the position of the off-axis refractive error profile or eye length profile such that resultant profile of the eye is asymmetric.
COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DETERMINING A NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION OF A SPECTACLE LENS
A computer implemented method of determining a numerical representation of a spectacle lens is provided, in which a numerically represented working spectacle lens is optimized by ray tracing using pencils of rays along different viewing directions of an eye to obtain an optimized numerical representation. The principal rays of the pencils of rays each pass different ray passing points forming points of a vertex surface. The principal rays extend along a viewing direction related to the respective ray passing point. The locations of the ray passing points are determined by surface points of a non-spherical apex surface representing the locations of the apex of the cornea when the eye rotates. A fixed distance is added to the apex surface at the respective surface points in a direction that corresponds to the viewing direction of the eye when the apex of the cornea is located at that surface point.
Population of an eye model using measurement data in order to optimize spectacle lenses
A method, a device, and a corresponding computer program product for calculating (optimizing) and producing a spectacle lens with the aid of a semi-personalized eye model. In one approach, the method includes providing personalized refraction data of at least one eye of the spectacles wearer; establishing a personalized eye model in which at least the parameters: shape of an anterior corneal surface of a model eye; a cornea-lens distance; parameters of the lens of the model eye; and lens-retina distance are established using personalized measured values for the eye of the spectacles wearer, and/or using standard values, and/or using the provided personalized refraction data, such that the model eye has the provided personalized refraction data, wherein at least the establishment of the lens-retina distance takes place via calculation.
Optimizing a spectacle lens taking account of a vision model
A computer-implemented method for calculating or assessing a spectacles lens for an eye of a spectacles wearer. The method includes (a) providing an association of at least one imaging property or aberration of a spectacle lens system with the vision of the spectacles wearer, or of an average spectacles wearer, when observing an object through the spectacles lens system; (b) determining or prescribing a target function for the spectacles lens to be calculated or assessed, in which the association from step (a) is to be evaluated; and (c) calculating or assessing the spectacles lens to be calculated or assessed by evaluating the target function, wherein the target function is evaluated at least once.
METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF AN EYE OF A PERSON
A method for determining at least one optical parameter of an eye of a person comprising displaying at least two sharp images on a retina of the eye of the person, the at least two images comprising a target and being carried by two light beams focused substantially in the plane of a pupil of the eye at at least two different positions, adapting a parameter of the target in each image based on feedback of the person relative to the change of the parameter of the target in the image, and determining the at least one optical parameter of the person's eye based on the adaption of the parameter of the target in each image.
METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMAGE A POSITION AND ROTATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS WORN ON A HUMAN EYE
A method comprises positioning, on a subject's eye, an ophthalmic lens having one or more physical marks, directing light through the eye to cause reflection of light off the retina of the eye, visualizing one or more images representative of the at least one physical mark and determining an orientation of the ophthalmic lens based on the one or more images.
EVALUATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CORNEA AND INTRAOCULAR REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Techniques for lens design and evaluation involve configuring a rule comprising one of a “with the rule” and “against the rule”, configuring a cylinder comprising one of a “positive cylinder” and a “negative cylinder”, and utilizing the rule and the cylinder in one or both of a residual astigmatism metric algorithm and spherical equivalent metric algorithm to generate a discrete metric values each corresponding to ranges of residual refractive error.
A FILTER AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FILTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECTRAL TRANSMITTANCE OF AN OCULAR MEDIA OF AN EYE OF A WEARER
Disclosed is a method for determining a filter for a visual equipment to be placed in front of the eye of a user to improve visual comfort and/or visual performance of the user, the method including: determining the spectral transmittance of an ocular media of an eye; and determining a filter based on the determined spectral transmittance of the ocular media so the filter has a spectral transmittance profile including: a first portion having a maximum transmittance value between 380 nm and a predetermined threshold, and a second portion with a decreasing transmittance value between the threshold and 670 nm. Also disclosed is a filter whose spectral transmittance is calculated based on the spectral transmittance of the user's ocular media, as well as a set of filters with each filter in the set having a spectral transmittance based on the spectral transmittance of the ocular media of users having different ages.
Computer-implemented method for fitting a spectacle lens to a spectacle frame
A computer-implemented method for fitting a spectacle lens, which has a first spectacle lens surface, a second spectacle lens surface, and at least one dioptric power to be obtained, to a spectacle frame with a certain frame edge curve is made available. In the method, a free-form surface formed on a first spectacle lens surface is fitted to the frame edge curve of the spectacle frame. The free-form surface is fitted to the frame edge curve by virtue of the free-form surface and the second spectacle lens surface being optimized with regard to minimizing the difference between the free-form surface edge curve and the frame edge curve and with regard to achieving the at least one dioptric power to be obtained with the spectacle lens.
Myopia progression treatment
A ophthalmic lens for inhibiting progression of myopia includes a central zone and an annular zone. The annular zone includes subsurface optical elements formed via laser-induced changes in refractive index of a material forming the annular zone. The subsurface optical elements are configured to modify distribution of light to the peripheral retina of a user so as to inhibit progression of myopia.