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7594727 Vision modification with reflected image  
Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some...
7594725 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)...
7591556 Scleral contact lens with grooves and method of making lens  
The present invention provides a scleral lens which includes channels on its posterior bearing surface that improve the flow of tears between the bearing surface of the device and the underlying...
7588334 Contact lens  
A contact lens excellent in optical property, offering favorable feeling during the use thereof, and capable of continuous uses, which is composed of a hard portion in the central part and a soft...
7585900 Low-tack ophthalmic and otorhinolaryngological device materials  
Disclosed are soft, high refractive index, acrylic materials. These materials, especially useful as intraocular lens materials, contain an aryl acrylic hydrophobic monomer as the single principal...
7580193 Plastic optical components and an optical unit using the same  
The present invention provides a plastic optical component. The plastic optical component has superior characteristics including lightweightness, low cost and suitability for mass production. The...
7565202 Field focusing and mapping in an electrode array  
The present invention is a system for mapping a high resolution image to a lower resolution electrode array and, by applying varying stimulus to neighboring electrodes, creating a perceived image...
7559649 Corneal-scleral orthokeratology contact lens  
A corneal-scleral orthokeratology contact lens is formed of rigid gas permeable material with uniform arc lengths in the treatment area even when the corneal curvature varies and asymmetric blends...
7556375 Soft lens orthokeratology  
A corneal reshaping by means of a soft contact lens to manipulate tear pressure gradient to produce a dimensional change to the surface profile of the cornea of the wearer to provide at least a...
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...
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...
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...
7530689 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...
7520608 Color balanced ophthalmic system with selective light inhibition  
An ophthalmic system is provided. The system includes an ophthalmic material doped with a dye that absorbs light in a wavelength range and a layer that corrects a color imbalance caused by...
7497572 Toric contact lenses with controlled optical power profile  
The present invention provides a toric contact lens having a controlled optical power profile. In addition, the invention provides a series of toric contact lenses, each having a series of...
7490937 Series of aspherical contact lenses  
The present invention provides a series of aspherical contact lenses, each lens having a first central optical zone on its anterior surface and a second central optical zone on its posterior...
7488069 Vision enhancing device  
A vision enhancing device for a person having macular degeneration of the retina, comprises a lens and a light diverging surface on the lens that symmetrically diverges away from the eye at an...
7475983 Toric lens design  
This invention is related to contact lenses. In particular, the present invention is related to a toric contact lens design with thickness zones in the carrier portion of the lens for increased...
7461937 Soft contact lenses displaying superior on-eye comfort  
The present invention relates to soft contact lenses having an overall comfort preference of at least about 2 to 1 as compared to an Acuvue® contact lens and measured after one week of daily wear....
7452075 Hydrodynamically operated multifocal contact lens  
This invention pertains to a soft contact lens that has a body with a central zone aligned with the optical axis of the eye when a wearer wears the lens. A micro-channel filled with fluid, is...
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...
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.
7431152 Hydrogel contact lenses and package systems and production methods for same  
Contact lenses ready for use in an eye are provided including a contact lens body containing a hydrophilic polymeric component and a water soluble polymer component. Such contact lenses, which...
7420743 Optical elements and methods for making thereof  
Optical elements are made using micro-jet printing methods to precisely control the type, position and amount of polymer deposited onto a substrate. In preferred embodiments, the proportions of two...
7419262 Direct view gonio lens  
A lens for viewing the anterior chamber of the eye includes a contact lens having a contact lens surface and an anterior surface. The anterior surface has an optical axis that intersects the...
7416737 Antimicrobial lenses, processes to prepare them and methods of their use  
This invention relates to solutions for packaging ophthalmic devices comprising at least one antimicrobial metal salt which prevent the loss of said antimicrobial metal salt during autoclaving and...
7402175 Vision prosthesis orientation  
A vision prosthesis includes an optical element having a surface that is shaped to be positioned near a cornea of an eye, and a magnetic element embedded in the optical element.
7384143 Method of manufacturing a contact lens  
The present invention provides a method for converting a desired lens design to a geometry of a contact lens, preferably a customized contact lens or a contact lens having a complex surface design,...
7370962 Pupil regulated multifocal contact lenses  
The invention provides a multifocal ophthalmic lens that both corrects for the wearer's refractive prescription and takes into account pupil size of a specific individual or of a population of...
7364293 Method and system for ordering customized cosmetic contact lenses  
A method of configuring and ordering a customized contact lens for a user. The method includes the steps of displaying a template eye image to assist the user in visualizing selected options for a...
7364291 Contact lenses with light blocking rings  
The invention provides contact lenses that substantially block either or both UV and blue light from entering the lens wearer's pupil by providing multiple concentric areas of certain materials...
7364290 Promotional aid  
The present invention relates to a promotional aid comprising a substantially flat plastic film sample which comprises at least one quality which is substantially similar to at least one quality of...
7360890 Contact lenses and methods for reducing conjunctival pressure in contact lens wearers  
Contact lenses, such as silicone hydrogel contact lenses, which are effective in reducing conjunctival pressure, and conjunctival epithelial flap formation or occurrence of a lens wearer's eye, and...
7350919 Vision modification with reflected image  
Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some...
7347554 Determining criteria for phakic intraocular lens implant procedures  
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for determining whether to perform a phakic intraocular lens implant procedure, which method includes: (a) obtaining an image of an anterior...
7347466 Multipurpose contact lens accessory  
The multipurpose contact lens accessory comprises a casing having a contact end and a viewing end, the viewing end having a lens therein, wherein the contact end engages a contact thereon for...
7338160 Contact lens with shaped periphery  
Eye measurements taken on a patient being fitted for contact lens will include a refraction test and an additional measurement representing corneal depth variation on the surface of an imaginary...
7329001 Methods for improving the hydrophilicity of contact lenses and contact lenses having the same  
The present invention relates to contact lenses manufactured using a gas permeable material with improved hydrophilicity. A method for improving the hydrophilicity of the contact lens includes...
7322694 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...
7321795 Compositions for electric stimulation of the eye  
The present application discloses an ocular stimulation device including a contact lens with a member embedded in a surface thereof for electrically stimulating an eye of a wearer of the lens.
7311398 Variable focus lens  
A variable focus lens for an eye comprising a transparent rear wall, a transparent front wall, a cavity formed between the transparent front wall and the transparent rear wall, first and second...
7303278 Multifocal contact lens  
A contact lens formed from a transparent material having front and rear surfaces, wherein the rear surface has a base curve which is adapted to fit an eye of a wearer of the lens. The front surface...
7300152 Contact lenses and methods for their design  
The invention provides lenses that are designed by taking into account one or more of pupil size, field, and decentration.
7296890 Contact lens with controlled shape  
A contact lens including a single component lens sized and dimensioned for placement on a cornea of an eye. The single component lens includes a first base curve for the back surface of the single...
7293871 Apparatus and method of correcting higher-order aberrations of the human eye  
The wavefront aberrator is applicable to correct aberrations of the human eye. In one embodiment, the aberrator device comprises a pair of transparent lenses separated by a layer of curable resin...
7287852 Intra-ocular lens or contact lens exhibiting large depth of focus  
Circular and annular lens zones are disclosed which, at a given lens area, exhibit a depth of focus of a lens of considerably smaller area. The large depth of focus is achieved by imparting the...
7281794 Disposable ophthalmic lens  
An ophthalmic lens with high definition, wide field of view and high magnification has, in one embodiment, a contact lens, an intermediate field lens and an image lens wherein a real image is...
7276544 Process for manufacturing intraocular lenses with blue light absorption characteristics  
A process for producing intraocular lenses (IOLs) capable of absorbing blue light and ultraviolet light using photo curing. Intraocular lenses so produced block blue light and ultraviolet light...
7268198 Silicone hydrogel contact lenses  
Silicone hydrogels, including vinyl carbonate endcapped polysiloxanes containing a fluorinated side chain, are useful as biomaterials, especially hydrogel biomaterials, including contact lens...
7264351 Adaptive optic lens and method of making  
An lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive...