Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105804 | CONTACT LENS FOR KERATOCONUS The present invention is directed to a non-deforming contact lens for keratoconus patients having a displaced central zone. In particular, the central zone is displaced from the geometric center of the lens. The shape of the central zone is egg or spoon-shaped and is ro... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20110310347 | PRESBYOPIC TREATMENT SYSTEM A method and system for treating Presbyopia and pre-Presbyopia are provided that do not compromise the wearer's intermediate or distance vision. The system is a lens and a lens series, wherein the power profiles of the lenses are tailored to provide an amount of positiv... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110025979 | CUSTOM CONTACT LENSES WITH FIDUCIAL MARKINGS A contact lens having one or more fiducial marks that allow the measurement of lens rotation and centration. The lens may be a trial lens. The lenses can be used to apply correction factors for sphero-cylindrical refractive error, higher order aberrations, and corneal t... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100318017 | Method of improving vision using contact lenses and corneal collagen crosslinking A method of improving vision by reshaping the cornea to correct for abnormal surface curvature by measuring the surface topography of the cornea, providing a rigid contact lens to reshape the cornea into a more desirable configuration, wearing the contact lens for suffi... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100271596 | MULTIFOCAL CONTACT LENS The present invention provides a multifocal contact lens comprising a central contact lens area having a size, a position, and an optical power; an outer contact lens area having a size, a position, and an optical power; wherein the size, the position, and the optical p... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100157250 | ORTHOKERATOLOGICAL CONTACT LENSES AND DESIGN METHODS THEREFOR The present invention provides an orthokeratological contact lens to be worn on a patient's cornea and methods for prescribing the same. The contact lens comprises a parabolic lens having an inner surface configured to face an epithelium of the patient's cornea, wherein... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100128224 | CONTACT LENS FOR KERATOCONUS The present invention is directed to a non-deforming contact lens for keratoconus patients comprising a central zone having a displaced central zone. In particular, the central zone is displaced from the geometric center of the lens. The shape of the central zone is egg... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100123875 | METHOD OF FITTING RIGID GAS-PERMEABLE CONTACT LENSES FROM HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING A method, computer program product, and data processing system for designing a contact lens. A sagittal image of an anterior portion of an eye having a sclera is measured. Measuring is performed using a digital imaging device. Measuring includes measuring the sclera. A ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100110382 | NON-DEFORMING CONTACT LENS The present invention is directed to a non-deforming contact lens comprising a central zone and a peripheral zone, wherein the central zone has a radius of curvature approximately equivalent to a central curvature of an underlying cornea, wherein the central zone is pro... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100073635 | CONTACT LENS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND FITTING SUCH LENSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT The invention is directed to a contact lens design and methods of manufacturing, fitting and using such lenses. The contact lens may be designed for use in a corneal refractive therapy (CRT) program. The lens provides a design which allows proper fitting of a patient, w... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100039620 | CONTACT LENS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND FITTING SUCH LENSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT The invention is directed to a contact lens design and methods of manufacturing, fitting and using such lenses. The contact lens may be designed for use in a corneal refractive therapy (CRT) program. The lens provides a design which allows proper fitting of a patient, w... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100026958 | Fitting Method for Multifocal Lenses The invention provides methods for fitting multifocal contact lenses that are less time consuming and result in more successful fittings than conventional methods.... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20080231810 | METHOD OF FITTING CONTACT LENSES The invention provides a method of fitting lenses that results in correction of not only low and high order ocular aberrations, but that additionally provides correction for the effects of cortical influences, or neuro-adaptive influences.... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080055545 | Contact Lenses Disclosed is a method of designing a soft contact lens, the method comprising the steps of: (a) measuring or defining a wavefront generated by passage of light through a selected eye and using the wavefront to generate a computer model of the optical characteristics of ... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080007694 | MEASUREMENT OF LENSES AND LENS MOLDS USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY Optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems are used to measure lenses. The present methods use an OCT system to obtain one or more images of a lens. For example, an OCT system can be used to obtain section images, surface images, or combinations of section images and su... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20060238713 | HYBRID CONTACT LENS SYSTEM AND METHOD A hybrid contact lens comprises a central zone comprising a substantially rigid, gas permeable material having a DK of at least 30, a relatively soft peripheral zone and an intermediate zone comprising a film or coating that is created around the central zone, and then ... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060238712 | HYBRID CONTACT LENS SYSTEM AND METHOD A hybrid contact lens comprises a central zone comprising a substantially rigid, gas permeable material having a DK of at least 30, a relatively soft peripheral zone and an intermediate zone comprising a film or coating that is created around the central zone, and then ... | 10/26/2006 |
