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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6955433 | Methods for designing composite ophthalmic lens surfaces The invention provides a method for designing a composite lens surface by using vector addition of the surface curvatures of two or more lens surfaces and then constructing a surface by numerical integration. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955430 | Blue blocking lens An article of externally-worn eye wear, including, but not limited to, eyeglasses, sunglasses, goggles, and contact lenses. The eye wear includes a wavelength transmission blocker for blocking substantially all of light wavelengths throughout the blue light spectrum... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955432 | Contact lens placement instrument A contact lens placement instrument which places a contact lens on the eye and, using a puff of air releases the lens, the procedure may be performed with a corrective lens or a magnifying mirror which contain lighting illuminating the eye. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951392 | Lens having at least one lens centration mark and methods of making and using same A lens having at least one lens centration mark formed on a major surface of the lens is disclosed. The lens centration mark may be located at the intersection of a first axis and the major surface, where the major surface is symmetrical about the first axis such th... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948817 | Colored contact lens and method of making same A method coloring a contact lens. The method comprises providing a contact lens having a pupil region and a generally annular-shaped iris region surrounding the pupil region. The iris region is adapted to at least partially cover a wearer's iris when the wearer is w... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948814 | Optical lens or glass having a label and/or marking on the front surface and/or rear surface The invention relates to an optical lens or glass with an identification and/or marking on the front and/or rear surface. The inventive lens or glass with an identification and/or marking on the front and/or back surface is characterized by an identification and/or ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948816 | Method of manufacturing progressive power spectacle lens According to a method of manufacturing a progressive power spectacle lens, available vertex powers are divided into a plurality of vertex power groups, one surface of a spectacle lens has been formed as a common surface for the vertex powers within each of the plura... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948815 | Laser safety contact lenses Individually marked contact lenses for protection of one's eyes from harmful radiation are provided. Contact lenses are coated or treated to be absorptive or reflective to a preselected wavelength or wavelengths. The lenses contain one or more identification areas o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945649 | Method for the production of a spectacle glass taking into account the optimum individual length of progression A method is described for determining the optical and individual progression length of a continuous vision lens on the basis of the measured cornea/bridge distance of a spectacle frame which is matched in advance. The invention is distinguished by the followi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942341 | Soft translating contact lens for presbyopia A method of producing a master cast used in making a contact lens mold, comprising the steps of: rotating a master cast blank, having an outer surface, about a first rotational axis and cutting at lest one first surface onto the outer surface of the master cast blan... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942695 | Biomedical devices with polyimide coating Intraocular lenses and methods producing the same are provided. The intraocular lens includes an optic and a haptic that are integrally formed together. The haptic has a polyimide coating. The polyimide coating promotes fibrosis in the surrounding eye tissue to enha... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944327 | Method and system for selecting and designing eyeglass frames The present invention provides a method and apparatus for designing and visualizing the shape of eyeglass lenses and of the front rims of eyeglass frames, and for allowing the customer to modify the design by changing the shape and style interactively to suit his/he... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942339 | Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer An eyeglass manufacturing method using epoxy aberrator includes two lenses with a variable index material, such as epoxy, sandwiched in between. The epoxy is then cured to different indexes of refraction that provide precise corrections for the patient's wavefront a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939005 | Rotationally stabilized contact lenses The invention provides a lens in which the lens periphery is controlled as to each of thickness differential and both the rate of change from thinner to thicker regions and the shape of the transition from thinner to thicker regions within each of the dual thin zone... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929368 | Method for determining the suitability of a transparent moulded polymer article for coloring without defects and resulting article The method comprises: a) placing in contact at least one principal surface of the colourless articles of the set with a solution of a fluorescent material for a sufficient time to allow penetration of the fluorescent material under... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929822 | Method for manufacturing optical member having water-repellent thin film A method for manufacturing an optical member by vapor depositing an antireflective film on a plastic optical member and vapor depositing a water-repellent thin film over the antireflective film. The vapor deposition of the water-repellent thin film is conducted by e... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929366 | Multifocal contact lens A contact lens has front and rear surfaces, the rear surface having a base curve fits the eye of a wearer. The front surface has a central circular zone which is substantially spherical and which, together with the base curve, generates a central zone power selected... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929367 | Colored contact lens having very natural appearance A colored contact lens having a very natural appearance is disclosed. The inventive lens has a non-opaque pupil section and iris section that is at least partially opaque and comprised of two portions. A first portion, generally located on the outside of the iris se... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926853 | Continuous impregnation of long fibers with resin for manufacturing elongate composite elements An apparatus for manufacturing an elongate composite element in undefined lengths, the composite element containing reinforcement fibers embedded in a matrix based on a composition containing a curable resin, including a vacuum chamber, rigid-walled inlet tubing, an... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926406 | Contact lens for correcting myopia and/or astigmatism The present invention provides a myopia and/or astigmatism-correcting contact lens for correcting myopia and/or astigmatism based on the alteration in the shape of a patient's cornea. The myopia and/or astigmatism-correcting contact lens comprises a pressure zone ha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923540 | Toric multifocal contact lenses The present invention provides a toric multifocal contact lens having a cylindrical optical power to correct astigmatism vision errors and a multifocal power to compensate for presbyopia. A toric multifocal contact lens of the invention has a central axis, an anteri... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6924943 | Asymmetric TIR lenses producing off-axis beams The present invention relates to an improvement of a total internal reflection lens whereby a tilted symmetry axis leads to a net deflection of the output beam away from the surface normal of the exit surface. Linear TIR lenses have a net deflection transverse to th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6925243 | Light guide plate with parallel protrusions and surface light source unit incorporating the same A surface light source unit (3) includes a light source (31) and a light guide plate (30). The light guide plate includes a light incidence surface (301) for receiving light beams, an emission surface (302) for emitting the light b... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923538 | Method for cast moulding contact lenses with a rounded edge form Methods for producing contact lenses include providing a back surface tool having a surface generally corresponding to a desired contact lens surface and a convex curve along an outer radius thereof, positioning the tool in a molding apparatus, introducing a moldabl... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921168 | Translating contact lens having a ramped ridge The present invention provides a translating contact lens having a central axis, an anterior surface and an opposite posterior surface. The anterior surface includes an optical zone and a ramped ridge zone, which is disposed below the optical zone and capable of con... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918670 | System, apparatus, and method for correcting vision using an electro-active lens A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916095 | Lenses having chromatic effect A lens is provided comprising a substrate, a first dielectric layer comprising a first dielectric material uniformly covering an outer surface of said substrate, a second dielectric layer comprising a second dielectric material uniformly covering said first metal la... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913357 | Plastic photochromic lenses for glasses and process for their production A method of manufacturing plastic photochromic lenses includes obtaining a lens by polymerizing and curing a monomer mixture. The monomer mixture includes one of monofunctional and bifunctional methacrylic ester monomers, a trifunctional methacrylic ester monomer an... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913356 | Method for fitting a holding block to a semifinished ophthalmic lens blank A method of fitting a holding block to a semifinished ophthalmic lens blank intended to have a predetermined prism, which method includes the following steps: positioning the blank on a fixed base so that the finished face of the b... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905207 | Anti glare dual field of vision glasses A preferred embodiment includes a pair of eyeglasses comprising a right lens having a top edge, a bottom edge, and being in optical registry with the wearer's right eye, and a left lens having a top edge, a bottom edge and being in optical registry with the wearer's... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905208 | Lenses having chromatic effect A lens is provided comprising a substrate, a first metal layer comprising a first metal material uniformly covering an outer surface of said substrate, a first dielectric layer comprising a first dielectric material uniformly covering said first metal layer, a secon... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902274 | Printing colored contact lenses A method of making a colored contact lens comprises printing at least one layer of a colorant onto contact lens using a printing process selected from the group consisting of ink jet printing, electrophotographic printing, thermal transfer printing, and photographic... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902273 | Method of designing ophthalmic lens and ophthalmic lens produced by the method A method of designing an ophthalmic lens, including: determining specifications of a temporary lens to provide an optical power required by a wearer; applying the temporary lens to a prescribed schematic eye, and effecting emmetropization of an optical system includ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899425 | Multifocal ophthalmic lenses The invention provides multifocal lenses for correction of presbyopia. Each of the lenses of the invention provide both distance and near vision correction by providing both a first multifocal region, a monofocal region, and a second multifocal region within the sam... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6899424 | System and method for increasing the depth of focus of the human eye A method and apparatus for increasing the depth of focus of the human eye is comprised of a lens body, an optic in the lens body configured to produce light interference, and a pinhole-like optical aperture substantially in the center of the optic. The optic may be ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6896370 | Lenses having chromatic effect A lens is provided comprising a substrate, a metal layer comprising a metal material uniformly covering an outer surface of said substrate, a first dielectric layer comprising a first dielectric material uniformly covering said metal layer and a second dielectric la... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6893127 | Activity-specific optical filters and eyewear using such filters Eyewear include lenses having spectral transmittances selected for viewing an object with respect to a background. The spectral transmittances are selected to provide a natural feel to scenes viewed with the eyewear. In one example, a lens for viewing a white golf b... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6893126 | Optical sheet for use in manufacturing a cylindrically shaped optically correct visor and method of manufacturing said visor A plano-convex optical sheet having a positive power including: a substantially planar inner surface; opposed lateral edges, and a thickness s that is decreasing proceeding from a transversal centr... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890644 | Transparent laminate, plastic lens for eyeglass and primer composition A novel primer composition which does not need to be thermally cured at a high temperature after it is applied to a plastic substrate and a transparent laminate, for example, a plastic lens for spectacles, which comprises the above primer composition and has high im... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886938 | Progressive addition lenses with an additional zone The invention provides multifocal lenses containing at least four zones of refractive power. The zones are positioned such that the wearer is able to use the inferior-most portion of the lens to clearly view objects at distances more than about 45 cm from the eye. | 05/03/2005 |
