| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 351159330 |
Hydrophilic
| 55 |
| 351159050 |
Multifocal
| 52 |
| 351159030 |
Electro-active
| 37 |
| 351159240 |
Colored
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| 351159040 |
With fluid exchange means
| 24 |
| 351159360 |
Having a means to limit or facilitate movement
| 9 |
| 351159230 |
Orthokeratology contact lens
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| 351159220 |
Astigmatic correction
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| 351159340 |
Fluid lens | 5 |
| 20120140167 | Dynamic Changeable Focus Contact And Intraocular Lens - In some embodiments, a first device may be provided. The first device may include a first lens that comprises a contact lens or an intraocular lens. The first lens may include an electronic component and a dynamic optic, where the dynamic optic is configured to provide a first optical add power and a second optical add power, where the first and the second optical add powers are different. The dynamic optic may comprise a fluid lens. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120268712 | Fluid Filled Adjustable Contact Lenses - A fluid-filled adjustable contact lens is provided. An exemplary contact lens includes a lens chamber configured to be positioned on a pupil of a user wearing the contact lens; a reservoir fluidly connected to the lens chamber; an actuator configured to transfer fluid back and forth between the lens chamber and the reservoir; a sensor configured to sense movement from the user and transmit a control signal when a predetermined movement is performed by the user; and a processor configured to actuate the actuator upon receipt of the control signal from the sensor. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20150062528 | OPHTHALMIC LENS INCLUDING ULTRA-THIN OPTICAL PARTS - The present invention provides for an optical assembly using two ultra-thin optical pieces/parts defining the outer bound of the assembly with a solid or liquid core and methods of forming said assembly. In particular, the present in invention discloses the handling and arrangements of said ultra-thin optical pieces to prevent deformation and loss of optical quality of said ultra-thin optical pieces. The ultra-thin optical pieces can be from 25-200 microns and their structural integrity can be preserved through uninterrupted support throughout the encapsulation of one or more fluids, e.g., a saline solution and an oil solution, which can be used to form a liquid meniscus lens. In some embodiments, interlocking features included in the ultra-thin optical parts can be included in order to help create the seal and/or provide structural support to the liquid lens assembly. In another embodiment, the supporting pieces to the ultra-thin optical components have an interlocking or centering mechanism, to aid in the assembly and sealing of said optical assembly. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150370093 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF AN ACCOMODATING SOFT CONTACT LENS - An accommodating contact lens module is provided for use with an accommodating contact lens. Components of the accommodating contact lens module can be manufactured and assembled with low distortion optics to provide improved vision. The module comprises a self-supporting module capable of being grasped by one of the components and placed in a mold without distorting the optical components of the module when placed. The module is compatible with soft contact lens materials, and compatible with soft contact lens manufacturing processes such as molding of hydrogels and silicones. The module may comprise one or more of many components that can be placed in the mold together. These components can be placed in the mold for encapsulation in order to provide accurate optical correction of the eye of the subject, for both far vision and near vision. In many embodiments, the module is inspected prior to placement in the mold. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160377887 | FLUIDIC MODULE FOR ACCOMMODATING SOFT CONTACT LENS - A meniscus shaped lens module comprises one or more structures that decrease an amount of pressure or force to move one or more surfaces of the lens module and increase a separation distance of anterior and posterior surfaces of the module in order to provide an increase in optical power. A lens structure of the module comprises one or more of a pattern of a surface of a central chamber, a meniscus, a reduced diameter or a soft material in order to provide increased amounts of curvature of an outer contact lens surface with decreased amounts of pressure. The pattern can be formed in one or more of many ways, and may comprise one or more of folds, patterning, bellows or concertinaed surface of an optically transmissive material having a substantially uniform thickness such as a sheet of a membrane material. | 12-29-2016 |
| 351159370 |
Aspherical | 3 |
| 20120242952 | TORIC CONTACT LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A toric contact lens having a prism ballast structure, wherein a center optical area, an annular transition area surrounding the center optical area determining a refractive degree, and an annular peripheral area surrounding the transition area, are defined on a lens front surface. A shape of the lens front surface has a mirror symmetry with a vertical meridian as a boundary, in such a manner that a thickness is smoothly decreased toward a lens lower end portion from two maximum thickness portions and where the thickness of the lens is maximum, and a valley-shaped slab-off is formed between these maximum thickness portions and. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20140022508 | TORIC OPHTHALMIC LENS HAVING EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS - An ophthalmic lens is presented. The lens includes a toric optical zone and a phase-affecting, non-diffractive optical element for extending depth of focus of imaging. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20130314665 | SOFT CONTACT LENSES FOR TREATING AMETROPIA - A soft contact lens for treating ametropia having an optical zone, a pressure control zone, an alignment zone, and a peripheral zone. | 11-28-2013 |
| 351159350 |
Having a diffractive portion | 1 |
| 20140204336 | Cosmetic Contact Lens with Vivid Sparkling Color Over the Iris - A cosmetic contact lens includes a first polymerized diffractive film of predetermined shape that is polymerized within a second polymer that supports the first polymerized diffractive film at a desired position and forms the contact lens. | 07-24-2014 |
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| 20120092612 | LENS WITH VARIABLE REFRACTION POWER FOR THE HUMAN EYE - The present invention comprises a lens with variable refraction power as well as an optical system for the use as, preferably accommodating, visual aid. The lens is designed as an intraocular lens or as a contact lens. The general idea of the invention is to determine the accommodation requirement from the position of the eyes relative to one another. This is possible, since the accommodation requirement and the eyes' motor activity are closely related. According to a first embodiment, the present invention claims a lens with variable refraction power, which possesses the following components: means for adaptation of the refraction power, especially by a change of the lens' curvature as a reaction to a control signal; at least one position locator; means for detection of the relative position of the position locator to at least another position locator arranged on another lens; means for generation of the control signal for adaptation of the refraction power of the lens to the detected relative position and at least one device for power supply for at least parts of the components of the lens. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120120365 | MOLDED LENS WITH NANOFILAMENTS AND RELATED METHODS - A method includes molding a lens, the lens including a front portion and a rear portion and an intermediate portion therebetween, the rear portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the back of the eye, the front portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the front of an eye, wherein molding the lens includes disposing conductive parallel nanofilaments on or within the lens. A molded contact lens includes a rear portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the back of the eye, and a front portion that is adapted to be disposed in the direction of the front of the eye. The molded lens includes conductive parallel nanofilaments located on or within a central region of the molded lens. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120162599 | CONTACT LENS WITH VISUAL INDICATOR - A contact lens is provided with an indicator that is visible when placed in contact with a solution, but substantially transparent when removed from that solution. The indicator may be of the type to designate whether the contact lens is to be worn on the right or left eye. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120268710 | ADJUSTABLE INTRAOCULAR LENS - Methods and devices for altering the power of a lens, such as an intraocular lens, are disclosed. In one method, the lens comprises a single polymer matrix containing crosslinkable pendant groups, wherein the polymer matrix increases in volume when crosslinked. The lens does not contain free monomer. Upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation, crosslinking causes the exposed portion of the lens to increase in volume, causing an increase in the refractive index. In another method, the lens comprises a polymer matrix containing photobleachable chromophores. Upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation, photobleaching causes a decrease in refractive index in the exposed portion without any change in lens thickness. These methods avoid the need to wait for diffusion to occur to change the lens shape and avoid the need for a second exposure to radiation to lock in the changes to the lens. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120314183 | LOW WATER CONTENT SOFT LENS FOR EYE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A low water content soft lens for eye is provided, which includes a layer made of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer on at least a part of a surface of a base material containing a polysiloxane compound. Adhesion of the lens to the cornea during wear, which has hitherto been regarded as a problem in a conventional low water content soft lens for eye, can be reduced or avoided when using the low water content soft lens. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130010255 | Means for Controlling the Progression of Myopia - A contact lens ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130033676 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH OPTIMIZED EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS - An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130044289 | IMAGING WITH EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS FOR USE WITH POLYCHROMATIC LIGHT - An imaging lens unit is presented, comprising an imaging lens having a lens region defining an effective aperture, and a phase coder. The phase coder may be incorporated with or located close to the lens region. The phase coder defines a surface relief along the lens region formed by at least three phase patterns extending along the lens region. Each of the phase patterns differently affecting light components of one of at least three different wavelength ranges while substantially not affecting propagation of light components of other of said at least three wavelength ranges. The surface relief affects light propagation through the lens region to extend a depth of focus for at least one of said at least three wavelength ranges. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130057824 | Optical Element for Correcting Color Blindness - Described herein are devices, compositions, and methods for improving color discernment. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130083286 | METHOD OF CREATING A VISIBLE MARK ON LENS USING A LEUCO DYE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a lens having at least one visible mark including the steps of (i) manufacturing a lens containing a leuco dye and (ii) activating the leuco dye t in at least a portion of said contact lens o change the color of the leuco dye to create the visible mark. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083287 | METHOD OF CREATING A VISIBLE MARK ON LENS USING A LEUCO DYE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a contact lens having a visible mark including the steps of (i) curing a hydrogel having reactive components including a leuco dye and a silicone component to form the contact lens and (ii) activating the leuco dye in at least a portion of said contact lens to change the color of the leuco dye to create the visible mark; wherein the leuco dye contains at least one methacrylate, acrylate, or styrene functional group, and the leuco dye polymerizes with the silicone component during the curing step. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130120708 | POLYMERISABLE MATERIAL - Polymerisable material which comprises a polymerisable group, a siloxane group-containing component and a zwitterionic group is described. The polymerisable material may be used to produce polymers and articles, in particular contact lenses. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130194539 | LAMINATED COMPOSITE LENS - The present invention is directed to a composite lens, comprising an anterior rigid gas permeable layer, and an annulus of soft material bonded to a posterior surface of the anterior rigid gas permeable layer, wherein a central zone of the composite lens is rigid and without a soft layer, wherein a peripheral zone of the composite lens is generally rigid in its anterior aspect and soft in its posterior aspect. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130215375 | CONTACT LENS - A contact lens comprising first and second orientation indicia to determine an orientation of the contact lens. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130278888 | Lenses, Devices and Methods for Ocular Refractive Error - Certain embodiments are directed to lenses, devices and/or methods. For example, a lens for an eye having an optical axis and an aberration profile along its optical axis, the aberration profile having a focal distance and including higher order aberrations having at least one of a primary spherical aberration component C(4,0) and a secondary spherical aberration component C(6,0). The aberration profile may provide, for a model eye with no aberrations and an on-axis length equal to the focal distance: (i) a peak, first retinal image quality (RIQ) within a through focus range that remains at or above a second RIQ over the through focus range that includes said focal distance, where the first RIQ is at least 0.35, the second RIQ is at least 0.1 and the through focus range is at least 1.8 Diopters; (ii) a RIQ of 0.3 with a through focus slope that improves in a direction of eye growth; and (iii) a RIQ of 0.3 with a through focus slope that degrades in a direction of eye growth. The RIQ may be Visual Strehl Ratio or similar measured along the optical axis for at least one pupil diameter in the range 3 mm to 6 mm, over a spatial frequency range of 0 to 30 cycles/degree inclusive and at a wavelength selected from within the range 540 nm to 590 nm inclusive. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140036224 | INVERSION MARKING FOR CONTACT LENSES - An ophthalmic lens incorporating clearly identifiable, highly visible inversion marking(s) that become invisible when placed on the eye may be utilized to allow an individual to easily distinguish between the normal state of the lens and the inverted state of the lens. The ophthalmic lens comprises a thin material layer capable of changing its optical state from diffusive light scattering, colored, or both, to invisible transparent at the corneal temperature of a normal person, at the influence of ambient light, or a combination thereof. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036225 | LENS INCORPORATING MYOPIA CONTROL OPTICS AND MUSCARINIC AGENTS - Ophthalmic devices, such as contact lenses, may incorporate myopia control optics in combination with therapeutic agents also known to control myopia to create a drug delivery mechanism to inhibit or arrest the progression of myopia in individuals. Any number of contact lenses incorporating myopia control optics may be combined with a therapeutic agent such as atropine, atropine sulphate monohydrate, and/or pirenzepine | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140049745 | APPARATUS FOR FORMATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS PRECURSOR AND LENS - This invention discloses apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140055740 | USAGE COMPLIANCE INDICATOR FOR CONTACT LENSES - An ophthalmic lens incorporating a usage compliance indicator may be utilized to indicate when the lens should be discarded or otherwise treated. The usage compliance indicator comprises a material that is clear when the lens is removed from its packaging and transforms to a visible marking over a given period of time corresponding to the manufacturer's suggested usable time. The material is compatible with the lens material and does not interfere with the optics. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140085599 | ASSEMBLING THIN SILICON CHIPS ON A CONTACT LENS - A contact lens having a thin silicon chip integrated therein is provided along with methods for assembling the silicon chip within the contact lens. In an aspect, a method includes creating a plurality of lens contact pads on a lens substrate and creating a plurality of chip contact pads on a chip. The method further involves applying assembly bonding material to the each of the plurality of lens contact pads or chip contact pads, aligning the plurality of lens contact pads with the plurality of chip contact pads, bonding the chip to the lens substrate via the assembly bonding material using flip chip bonding, and forming a contact lens with the lens substrate. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140132914 | MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE PROGRESSION OF MYOPIA - A contact lens for use in controlling or retarding the progression of myopia in an eye has a central optical zone approximating the normal diameter of the pupil of the eye that gives clear central vision at distance for the wearer. An annular peripheral optical zone that is substantially outside the diameter of the pupil is formed around the central optical zone with greater refractive power than that of the central zone so that oblique rays entering the eye through the peripheral optical zone will be brought to focus at a focal plane that is substantially on or anterior to the peripheral region of the retina. Preferably, the rear surface of the lens is shaped to conform to the cornea of the eye and the front surface of the lens is shaped to provide—in conjunction with the rear surface—the desired optical properties of the central and peripheral optical zones. The front surface is also preferably contoured to form a smooth transition between the junction of the central optical zone and the peripheral optical zone, with or without designed optical properties such as progressive power. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140168600 | OPHTHALMIC LENS COMPRISING A UNIQUE LENS IDENTIFICATION CODE - An ophthalmic lens ( | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140176900 | Method and Algorithm for Designing Custom Optics - Provided herein is a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an algorithm to optimize a wavefront guided correction for a custom ophthalmic lens. The correction is determined from inputs of quantified wavefront error and registration uncertainty and a metric predictive of a visual performance task of interest and provides a level of visual performance within a user-defined performance range. Also provided is a method for optimizing a wavefront guided correction for a custom ophthalmic lens via inputting residual wavefront error values and quantified translational and rotational movements into an algorithm configured to determine the optimal wavefront guided correction therefrom and a custom ophthalmic lens comprising the correction. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140347621 | CONTACT LENS - A silicone contact lens has a radial cross-section of the inner face, the rim portion contour of which is convex between a point of inflection and the outer edge. For its manufacture, a silicone precursor is brought between a female and a male mold and is polymerized, and the polymerized contact lens is released from the mold by means of a liquid swelling same. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150109573 | SURFACE COATINGS FOR BIOLOGICAL IMPLANTS AND PROSTHESES - A functionalized polymer system is described herein for preparing and/or modifying biological implants and prostheses. In one aspect, the polymer system once applied to the surface of a biological implant or prosthesis, or once used in preparing a biological implant or prosthesis comprises a surface that is more hydrophilic, more wettable, more comfortable, resists cell adhesion, resists protein deposition, or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, a coated biological implant or prosthetic is described herein. The coated biological implant or prosthetic comprises a substrate forming the basic structure of the implant or prosthetic, and a coating comprising a polymer, where the coating is capable of resisting cell adhesion, protein deposition, or a combination thereof. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150124212 | CONTACT LENS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTION OF MYOPIA PROGRESSION - A method of slowing the progression of myopia in a person, comprises applying to the eye of the person a contact lens or lenses to mould the surface of the cornea. On removal of the lens, the shape of the corneal surface includes a vision correction area for correcting the myopic vision of the person, and a myopic defocus area having a more positive power and located within the pupil area, to simultaneously present a controlled myopic defocus to the retina both when viewing in the distance and also when viewing at near, without the lens in place on the cornea. Contact lenses and their use are also claimed. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150370091 | MOLDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to the present invention, there is provided a contact lens assembly comprising a contact lens having an outer edge, a flash ring disposed around the outer edge of the contact lens and a connecting portion connecting the flash ring to the contact lens, wherein the thickness of the connecting portion is less than the thickness of the outer edge of the contact lens. There is also provided a contact lens assembly comprising a contact lens having an outer edge, a flash ring disposed around the outer edge of the contact lens, and a connecting portion connecting the flash ring to the contact lens wherein the mass of the flash ring is at least forty times greater than the mass of the contact lens, suitably at least sixty times greater than the mass of the contact lens. There is also provided a contact lens injection molding apparatus comprising first and second molding parts moveable relative to each other between a compressed and an uncompressed position, wherein in the compressed position, an outer edge of the first molding part is disposed | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160004095 | CONTACT LENS - A contact lens comprising first and second orientation indicia to determine an orientation of the contact lens. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160039158 | DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR FABRICATING MULTI-COMPONENT OPTICAL SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to devices and processes for fabricating a multi-component optical system. A device is an integral mold comprising an attachment portion and a cup portion having a cavity, and the mold further comprises a first optical component. The cavity of the mold contains additional optical components to form a multi-component optical system blank. Another device is a multi-component optical system blank. A process for fabricating a multi-component optical system blank comprises providing an integral mold comprising a first optical component, adding at least a second optical component, shaping the mold after addition of an optical component, and shaping the resultant blank into an optical system. A further device is a multi-component optical system produced in a process disclosed herein. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160131924 | PARTIAL CORNEAL CONJUNCTIVAL CONTACT LENS - A contact lens system, including a peripheral conjunctival cover portion including a shell curved and sized to substantially overly a conjunctiva of an eye. The conjunctival cover portion defines a full thickness central opening therethrough. The central opening is positioned within the conjunctival cover and sized to expose at least a portion of a cornea of the eye. The contact lens system further includes a central contact lens portion that is substantially equivalent in size to the central opening and positioned or positionable at the central opening. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160144579 | CASTING MOLD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES - A casting mold ( | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160161762 | Molded Ophthalmic Lens - Molded ophthalmic condensing lens with improved optical qualities can be manufactured at high volumes at low costs to provide single-use lenses. These ophthalmic lenses have a shape differing from known lenses of a similar type to reduce production costs and improve the optical quality of the lens. | 06-09-2016 |
