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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789509 | Non- or reduced glistenings intraocular lens and method of manufacturing same The present invention relates to an intraocular lens which exhibits reduced or eliminated glistenings when implanted into the eye of a patient in need thereof and to a method of preparing such lens. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7762663 | Spectacle lens design method A spectacle lens design method for designing a spectacle lens, including setting a distance portion, a near portion, and a progressive portion which is disposed between the distance portion and the near portion; adding astigmatic power for canceling aberration produ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7731359 | Method for the determination of a progressive ophthalmic lens A method for the determination by optical optimization of a personalized progressive ophthalmic lens intended to be inserted into a frame chosen by a given wearer for whom a power addition has been prescribed in near vision, the method comprising the stages of: ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717559 | Method for designing spectacle lens, and spectacles A method for designing a spectacle lens that includes an optical convex surface on an object side of the spectacle lens and an optical concave surface on an eye side of the spectacle lens and is mounted in a spectacle frame in a manner tilting with respect to a forw... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7703917 | Therapeutic prophylactic ophthalmologic lens for pseudoaphakic eyes and/or eyes suffering neurodegeneration The object of this invention is an ophthalmologic lens for pseudoaphakic eyes and/or eyes suffering macular and retinal degeneration, created by applying a yellow pigment filter to a regular ophthalmologic lens, to protect the eye from the short wavelengths of the v... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7695136 | Wavefront refractions and high order aberration correction when wavefront maps involve geometrical transformations Wavefront measurements of eyes are typically taken when the pupil is in a first configuration in an evaluation context. The results can be represented by a set of basis function coefficients. Prescriptive treatments are often applied in a treatment context, which is... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7677725 | Ophthalmic lenses capable of reducing chromatic aberration A method of designing an aspheric ophthalmic lens with both refractive and diffractive powers that is capable of reducing chromatic aberration and at least one monochromatic aberration of an eye comprises combining aspherical refractive and diffractive surfaces, sel... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7677726 | Manufacturing method for spectacle lens and spectacle lens To ensure optical performance within a permissible range, making outward appearance excellent, and making binocular vision comfortable. In cases where a difference of prescription including dioptric power between the right and left eyes is equal to or more than pres... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7665842 | Method and apparatus for controlling peripheral image position for reducing progression of myopia A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling optical aberrations to alter relative curvature of field by providing optical devices and methods comprising the repositioning of peripheral off-axis focal points relative to the retina to produce stimulus for inf... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7651221 | Method and device for working the edges of spectacle lenses For machining lenses by a CNC lens cutting machine, relevant data in regard to eyes, spectacle frame, and lenses are entered in the computer that compares the optical data of lenses and frame openings. When the lens is too small, it is moved by calculation relative ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7628486 | Eyeglass lens processing method In a method of processing a periphery of an eyeglass lens, at an optician shop, rimless frame identifying data for identifying a rimless frame is inputted; modification data for an original target lens shape of the eyeglass lens to be mounted on the rimless frame is... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7625086 | Method of designing multifocal contact lenses The invention provides methods for designing contact lenses that provides improved efficiency in lens design compared to conventional methods. It is a discovery of the invention that improved performance and reduced design time can be obtained by utilizing a visual ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7614742 | Method for producing ophthalmic lenses and other shaped bodies with optically active surfaces The invention concerns a method for producing ophthalmic lenses that uses plastic blanks in the form of flat, round discs. The outer edge of said plastic blanks is clamped and the desired final surface geometry and surface quality of the front faces of the lens are ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611242 | Method for centering a semifinished spectacle lens blank In a method for the parallax-free centering of an optical element, in particular a semifinished product of a future spectacle lens, on a holder of a centering or mounting device, the optical element is provided with engravings, anti centering of the optical element ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7604350 | Method for calculating an ophthalmic lens and corresponding lens Method for calculating an ophthalmic lens comprising [a] calculating and constructing a computational model of an initial lens with a given prescription, [b] calculating the three sections of the optical path traveled by rays using the computational model, [c] deter... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7597442 | Polarizing ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer's eye/head behavior The invention relates to a method for producing a polarising ophthalmic lens adapted to the eye/head behaviour of the wearer thereof and to said lens. The inventive ophthalmic lens comprises several areas associated to differently oriented polarising filters. The si... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7591557 | Solid state method and apparatus for making lenses and lens components A solid state, compression method for fabricating lenses, lens blanks, and lens components from materials ground into fine powders having mechanical properties the make them capable of being formed into cohesive monolithic masses that are low in scattering. The fine... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7568799 | Eyeglass dispensing method A method of making corrective eyeglasses is disclosed. One embodiment is a method of making corrective eyeglasses. The method includes obtaining vision parameters of a patient's eyes, obtaining an eyeglass frame comprising at least one mounted optical element, and p... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568798 | Display for eyeglasses with multiple optical center distances and method for displaying such eyeglasses The invention is directed to over the counter (OTC) eyeglasses with improved optical center distance (OCD) settings. The improved settings include a single best OCD setting for the eyeglasses. Alternatively, plural pairs of eyeglasses, having different OCD settings ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7559650 | Manufacturing techniques for the production of hydrodynamic multifocal contact lenses Several methods for making a contact lens with a reservoir are disclosed. The reservoir is filled with fluid and is shaped to change dynamically the optical characteristics of the lens. One method includes forming two shells with a depression therebetween, laminatin... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7543936 | Hybrid contact lens system and method of fitting A hybrid contact lens comprises a substantially rigid zone having a base curve and a substantially flexible hydrophilic portion coupled to the substantially rigid zone, wherein the substantially flexible portion has one of a plurality of radii. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543937 | Multifocal ophthalmic lens A method of designing a multifocal ophthalmic lens with one base focus and at least one additional focus, capable of reducing aberrations of the eye for at least one of the foci after its implantation, comprising the steps of: (i) characterizing at least one corneal... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540611 | Method for designing and optimizing an individual spectacle glass A method is described for designing and optimizing an individual spectacle lens. The invention is characterized in that a draft design is made by an ophthalmologist on a video workstation by means of a computer program; the design is communicated to a manufacturer o... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7537339 | Hybrid contact lens system and method of fitting A hybrid contact lens comprises a substantially rigid zone having a base curve with a first curved section defined by an apical radius and an aspheric section defined by a conic constant. A substantially flexible hydrophilic peripheral portion is coupled to the subs... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7530691 | Ophthalmic lenses for correction of aberration and processes for production of the lenses The invention provides a lens useful in correction of low and high order ocular wavefront aberrations order aberrations, and methods for designing and producing the lens, in which excessive variations in lens thickness are minimized. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530690 | Centering and blocking device for an ophthalmic spectacles lens, an automatic detection method, and associated manual centering methods The device includes receiver elements (121, 114) for receiving the ophthalmic lens; on either side of the receiver elements, firstly lighting elements (S) for illuminating the ophthalmic lens (103) installed on the receiver elements, and secondly acqui... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527376 | Method for designing spectacle lens, spectacle lens, and spectacles A method of correcting the effects of a bend angle of 200 degrees or larger of spectacle frames, and astigmatism correcting characteristics in such spectacle frames. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a design method for a spectacle lens mount... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7524060 | Therapeutic contact lens for pseudo-aphakic eyes and/or eyes with retinal neuro-degeneration The object of the invention is a contact lens for pseudo-aphakic eyes and/or eyes with macular and retinal degeneration, its main characteristic being the application of a yellow filter to a standard contact lens, with the purpose of protecting the eye from the shor... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7517084 | Multifocal contact lens designs utilizing pupil apodization The invention provides a contact lens that corrects for the wearer's refractive prescription by taking into account both pupil size and the Stiles Crawford effect of the first order. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7510281 | Method for manufacturing bifocal lens This invention is to provide an inexpensive lens can be worn without attention to the existence of the addition power segment of conventional polarizing lens, it and a bench lens are formed integrally on the rear surface of a polarizing member 6. The present ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510280 | High yield bonding process for manufacturing polycarbonate polarized lenses The disclosed technique employs a process for mating polarizing wafers to clear lenses using a high-yield bonding process. A thermoformed polarizing wafer is bonded to a clear lens of similar curvature via a solvent bonding process. In one embodiment, a system inclu... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7500750 | Method and system for tracking the wearable life of an ophthalmic product A method for tracking the wearable life of an ophthalmic product, the method comprising the steps of: providing the ophthalmic product with at least one data carrier for carrying data related to the ophthalmic product, the data carrier having a first device operable... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500749 | Process to mold a plastic optical article with integrated hard coating Disclosed is a process for molding plastic optical articles with a hard coated film, comprising steps of coating one side of an optical film with a hard coating, pre-curing the hard coating to a tack free state while still maintaining the coating flexibility, making... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7490938 | Method, device and computer program for selecting an intraocular lens for an aphakic eye that has previously been subjected to refractive surgery A method for selecting an intraocular lens for an aphakic eye that has previously been subjected to refractive surgery by calculating the required power of an IOL to provide the desired refraction using a known formula, and then applying an adjustment based upon the... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7481533 | Method for designing multifocal contact lenses The invention provides methods for designing contact lenses that takes into account pupil size and vergence. The lenses of the invention augment the eye's accommodative gain and take advantage of the eye's residual accommodation amplitude. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7478907 | Presbyopia correction through negative high-order spherical aberration Devices, systems, and methods for treating and/or determining appropriate prescriptions for one or both eyes of a patient are particularly well-suited for addressing presbyopia, often in combination with concurrent treatments of other vision defects. High-order sphe... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7445334 | Lenses A method of sealing lenses includes the steps of grinding the edges of at least two lenses, cleansing the lenses, positioning the lenses next to one another, applying an adhesive to the ground edges of the lenses and placing the lenses in an oven to cure the adhesiv... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438411 | Plasmon resonant based eye protection A contact lens is provided in which tunable nanoparticles are embedded or otherwise coated on the lens to extinguish near-infrared energy. In one preferred embodiment, the tunable nanoparticles are nanoshells consisting of a dielectric core and a metal shell, wherei... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434930 | Contact lens design for large amplitude translation The present invention is directed to a contact lens design where the optics position relative to the pupil is controlled by the lens relationship to the lower lid. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435452 | Surface-treated plastic article and method of surface treatment The present invention relates to a surface-treated plastic article including a thin layer composed of a polymer complex on the surface. The surface-treated plastic article can be produced by a treatment with at least one kind of aqueous solutions of polymers having ... | 10/14/2008 |
