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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109631 | Ophthalmic progressive addition lens with customized design feature A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic progressive addition lens (100) with customized design features adapted to a wearer, the method comprising the following steps: /a/ a providing step of a lens substrate; /b/ a modifying step in which a first target vir... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8092017 | Method for producing an ophthalmic lens and an optical component for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for producing an ophthalmic lens exhibiting optical function coexisting in producing an optical component (10) incorporating at least one type of active material (2) which is distributed in a parallel direction to the ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079705 | Production of an ophthalmic element adapted for foveal and peripheral vision The invention relates to a method for making an ophthalmic member for correcting ametropia, that is adapted for correcting the central and peripheral vision of a wearer and takes into account the amplitudes of the movements of the wearer's eyes and head. A central a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075133 | Safety helmet visor with a treated surface for eye protection and therapy The invention is a filtering, transparent device for preventing damage to healthy eyes and for the prophylaxis and therapy of pseudophakic eyes and/or eyes with macular and retinal neurodegeneration and is the result of applying a yellow filter to the transparent or... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066371 | Polarizing lens and method of its manufacture High productivity polarizing lens that is impact-resistant, and is not prone to warping or iridescent patterning and other color irregularities. Polarizing lens (1) includes a polarizing sheet (2) in which a pair of protective films (11) and ( | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057035 | 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 patien... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8042943 | 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 patien... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029135 | Polarized and abrasion-resistant optical article and process for manufacturing thereof The invention relates to polarized and abrasion-resistant article comprising: a) a polarized layer applied to a substrate, said polarized layer including an oriented liquid crystal polymer layer (LCP) including at least one dichroic dye, said liquid crystal layer be... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020990 | System and method of surfacing a lens, such as a lens for use with eyeglasses A system and method of forming surfaces on eyeglass lenses is described. In some examples, the surface is a spherical, cylindrical or spherocylindrical surface at a center of the lens and an aspherical surface at a periphery of the lens. In some examples, forming th... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7997727 | 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... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7980692 | Selecting and/or designing ophthalmic lenses The present invention involves the prescribing and/or dispensing ophthalmic lenses, such as progressive addition lenses, for a wearer. In one form of the invention lens usage information is obtained from a wearer and entered into a programmed computer. The programme... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976159 | Continuous adjustable 3deeps filter spectacles for optimized 3deeps stereoscopic viewing and its control method and means Continuous Adjustable Pulfrich Filter Spectacles are provided with lenses with continuously changeable optical densities, so that viewing of 2D movies is optimized for visualization in natural 3D. Method and means are disclosed for the continuous Adjustable Pulfrich... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967436 | 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... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959286 | Solid state lenses and lens components Solid state lenses, lens blanks, and lens components formed of compressible mixed powders of two or more optical substances where the mixing ratio has been deliberately varied from place to place within the volume of the optical component to produce optically useful... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959284 | Method of making high precision optics having a wavefront profile A method of generating a high precision optical surface profile includes obtaining a high precision optical surface profile which contains information of the optical path difference map of the profile. A substrate material has a known index of refraction, Ns, while ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959285 | Method for designing progressive refraction lens, method for manufacturing the same, and eyeglasses lens supplying system A subject matter is to provide an efficient method for designing a progressive refraction lens in consideration of not only its optical performance but also its appearance performance. The method for designing the progressive refraction lens includes a step (S030... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942523 | Method for manufacturing polarized ophthalmic lenses The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polarized lens. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of treating a polarized film with a composition to form a treated polarized film, providing a front lens mold having a concave surface with... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934831 | Low inventory method of making eyeglasses A very low inventory method of making eyeglasses. Two lens elements having special complementary surfaces are provided. These lens elements can be positioned relative to each other to provide wide ranges of focus correction and astigmatism correction. Various prefer... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926942 | Solid state lenses and lens components Solid state lenses, lens blanks, and lens components comprising compressible materials ground into fine powders having mechanical properties that make them capable of being formed into cohesive monolithic masses that are low in scattering. The fine powders may be ad... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7901075 | Laser enhanced lens This invention discloses methods and apparatus for modifying a silicone contact lens via laser ablation and a resulting modified lens. In some embodiments a lens is ablated in a hydrated state. A lens may also be ablated in an environment of decreased oxygen content... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896493 | Method and device for manufacturing a spectacle lens and computer program product for manufacturing a spectacle lens The invention relates to a method comprising the following steps:—a bridge width (b), a glass length (I), and a frame glass angle (fF) are predefined as eyeglass frame data;—a base curve (BK) as well as a nasal and a temporal facet position (aFn | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887183 | Method for determining a progressive ophthalmic lens A method for determining a progressive ophthalmic lens for a given user for whom a near vision power addition has been prescribed includes the following steps: measuring the user's downward and the vertical horopter on a near-vision target point; measuring the user'... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883208 | Systems and methods for determining intraocular lens power A system for providing an intraocular lens includes a processor and a computer readable memory. The computer readable memory is configured to communicate with the processor, the memory having stored therein at least one of: one or more ocular dimensions, and at leas... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7871162 | Diffractive multifocal lens having radially varying light distribution The present invention provides improved ophthalmic lenses and methods for their design and use. Monofocal and multifocal diffractive ophthalmic lenses having reduced light scatter and/or improved light energy distribution properties are provided. These properties ar... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7871163 | Method and apparatus for universal improvement of vision “Universal improvement” of vision is achieved by effectively changing the shape of the anterior refracting surface of the cornea to an ideal “turtleback” shape, on which is imposed the necessary curvature adjustment to achieve correction of distance vision. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7862169 | Contact lenses and methods for their design The invention provides methods for designing contact lenses in which method the lens flexure is taken into account. The method of the invention is insensitive to the lens' back surface design and does not require complex back surface designs. Additionally, the lens ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7841716 | Comfortable ophthalmic device and methods of its production A method of providing a polymerized ophthalmic lens in which a polymerized ophthalmic lens is heated with a packaging solution comprising about 100 ppm to about 3,000 ppm of a wetting agent after its polymerization, and the ophthalmic lens formulation not having the... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837325 | Short channel progressive addition lenses Designing a progressive addition lens includes using scaled surface powers and/or cylinder powers of base curves to determine a set of power targets, and using these targets to determine a lens design. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832863 | Customized Z-lens design program Embodiments of the invention pertain to a method for producing a spectacle lens with optimal correction across the entire lens taking into account the patient's complete measured wavefront. Specific embodiments can also take into account one or more additional facto... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7832862 | Process for the manufacture of spectacle lenses The invention provides methods for eliminating sharp edges that typically result during the production of uncut lenses. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828435 | Method for designing an anterior curve of a contact lens In accordance with the disclosure there is described herein a method of designing an anterior curve of a contact lens for the eye of a patient comprising the steps of providing a contact lens material having a posterior, a posterior curve having a predetermined asph... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810925 | Bifocal contact lens A contact lens having near vision and distance vision portions, the lens being movable on the eye between first and second positions, those positions corresponding with aligning the wearer's vision through the near vision and distance vision portions respectively. T... | 10/12/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
