Patents Assigned to CooperVision International Limited
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Patent number: 11684131Abstract: A blister package for a contact lens is provided that can be stacked with other blister packages of the same design. One example of the blister package has a body that includes a dome and a handle. A seal is attached to the top surface of the body and has a seal dome that seals a volume between the outer sidewall of the body dome and the inner sidewall of the seal dome. The handle has a through-hole and the through-hole that accommodates the outer sidewall of the seal dome. Another blister package provided has a handle and a bowl and the handle has a through-hole that accommodates the bowl outer surface. Stacks of blister packages are also provided as is secondary packaging for packaging stacks of tessellating blister packages.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Sarah Almond, Carlos Ortiz, Stephen English, Gary Hunt, Mike Nelson, Russell Beard, Thomas Harkin, Pauline Gavelle
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Publication number: 20230194896Abstract: A contact lens (201) and methods of manufacturing such a lens are described. The lens (201) includes an optic zone (202). The optic zone (202) comprises a central region (205), the central region (205) having a first optical axis (219), a base radial curvature power, a base radial sagittal power, and a centre of curvature that is on the first optical axis (219). The optic zone (202) comprises an annular region (203), wherein at a point halfway across the width of the annular region (203) the annular region (203) has a radial curvature power of X, wherein X is greater than the base radial curvature power. The annular region (203) has an off-axis centre of curvature that is a first distance from the optical axis (219) such that, at a point halfway across its width, the annular region (203) has a sagittal power of Y, wherein Y is greater than the base radial sagittal power, and wherein Y is less than X.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Martin WEBBER, Arthur BRADLEY, Baskar ARUMUGAM, David S. HAMMOND, Paul CHAMBERLAIN
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Publication number: 20230159249Abstract: A contact lens package kit is described that includes a contact lens packages, wherein each contact lens package includes a base member having a cavity and a sealing member coupled to the base member. An unworn contact lens is provided in a packaging solution within the sealed cavity. The base member is a thermoplastic material (or other recyclable material) and includes a substantially planar surface surrounding the cavity to provide a sealing surface for the sealing member. The kit also includes at least one fastener configured to retain a plurality of base members from each of the contact lens packages after the contact lens is removed from the cavity. A recyclable thermoplastic contact lens assembly is also described, that includes empty contact lens packages attached to a fastener. A method to recycle used contact lens packages, such as curbside recycling, is further described that uses the fastener, and the fastener itself is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Javier E. ALAYON RIVERA, Cataldo ZUCARO, Brittany WHITENACK, Lucas SIEVENS FIGUEROA, Jesus Javier RIVERA VELEZ
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Patent number: 11655070Abstract: Contact lens packages are provided and each includes a base member having a cavity and a sealing member coupled to the base member. An unworn contact lens is provided in a packaging solution within the sealed cavity. The base member is a thermoplastic or other recyclable material. The base member includes at least one connecting member that can be an interlocking feature and/or a stackable feature. The connecting member is configured to connect to the connecting member of another base member, after the contact lenses are removed from the cavities. A recyclable thermoplastic contact lens assembly is also provided that includes empty contact lens package base members stacked and connected together. A method of manufacturing contact lens packages and a method to recycle used contact lens package base members, such as by curbside recycling, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Jesus Javier Rivera Velez, Javier E. Alayon Rivera, Jose A. Burgos Cruz, Lucas Sievens Figueroa
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Patent number: 11649099Abstract: A blister package for a contact lens includes a base sheet and a sealing sheet. Either the base sheet or the sealing sheet includes a bowl, and the other sheet includes a dome and a sealing surface. The dome has a radius of curvature of about 13 mm to 19 mm and a height of less than 7 mm relative to the sealing surface. The dome is configured to protrude into the bowl to form a cavity. Related methods are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Matthew John Ellis, Timothy Noyce, Dmitrijus Sluka
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Patent number: 11650352Abstract: A wettable silicone hydrogel contact lens having a low ionoflux and low evaporation is manufactured by curing a silicone hydrogel polymerizable composition in a contact lens mold comprising front and back lens-forming surfaces, where one of the lens-forming surfaces has a higher polarity than the other lens-forming surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Paul Richardson, Nancy J. Keir, Xinfeng Shi, James Mun
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Publication number: 20230139610Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, aligning an ophthalmic instrument relative to an eye is disclosed, and can include aligning an esthesiometer with a patient's eye. Other aspects of the method and apparatus of the present invention are further described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Roger Brian Minchin CLARKE, Will HAMLYN, Richard LINTERN, James RICHARDSON, Karl JESSEL
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Publication number: 20230125705Abstract: An ophthalmic lens for use in preventing or slowing the development or progression of myopia. The lens has a first optical axis. A first surface of the lens is shaped to form a first surface power map. A second surface of the lens is shaped to form a second surface power map. The first and second surface power maps together form a lens power map. One of the first surface power map, the second surface power map, and the lens power map comprises: a base region and a myopia control region. The base region has a base power which focusses light to a focal point that is on the first optical axis. The myopia control region comprises a spiral shape and focusses light to a plurality of focal points that are offset from the first optical axis. Also a method of manufacturing such an ophthalmic lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Arthur BRADLEY, Martin WEBBER, David S. HAMMOND, Baskar ARUMUGAM, Paul CHAMBERLAIN
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Publication number: 20230119885Abstract: An electrically-switchable flexible contact lens for conforming to an eye of a user is provided. The lens comprises a liquid crystal cell for changing a focal power of the contact lens, and the liquid crystal cell has a cell gap thickness between a first inner surface and a second inner surface, the liquid crystal cell comprising a diffractive optical element for correcting the vision of a user, wherein the diffractive optical element is arranged to maintain the cell gap thickness by providing support at one or more locations within the cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Robert OAG, Roger Brian Minchin CLARKE, Mikhail BASHTANOV
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Patent number: 11630327Abstract: Contact lenses that have an ion-impermeable portion and an ion-permeable portion that are able to move on the eye without binding to the eye are described. The contact lenses exhibit an average ionoflux transmittance of at least 1.34×10?4 mm/min. One or more electronic components can be included in the contact lenses. Methods of making the contact lenses are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Cheng-Chun Peng, Percy Lazon de la Jara
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Publication number: 20230107664Abstract: A contact lens comprising one or more microchannels for transport of liquid through the lens is provided. The contact lens can be made by contacting a curable composition with a microfiber that is insoluble in the curable composition; curing the curable composition to provide a polymeric lens body with the microfiber embedded therein; and contacting the polymeric lens body with a solvent to dissolve the microfiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Sourav Saha, Victoria Rogers, Charles B. Derringer, Sarah Tao, Szeshen Chuah, Yuan Sun, Yuwen Liu, Nancy Keir, Tim Warren, Matthew S. Linn, Lu Jiang
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Patent number: 11619832Abstract: Methods and devices to identify contact lens wearers predisposed to contact lens discomfort are described. The methods and devices involve obtaining a tear film sample from a person and determining an amount of interleukin-17A present in the tear film sample.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNEInventors: Laura Elizabeth Downie, David Charles Jackson, Algis Jonas Vingrys, Nancy J. Keir, Inna Maltseva
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Patent number: 11609440Abstract: Multilayer contact lenses and methods of making the same are described. A contact lens (100) includes a lens assembly (103). The lens assembly (103) includes a plurality of flexible lens layers. A first layer (101) has a uniform or smooth anterior surface (106), and a second layer (102) has a structured posterior surface that includes one or more recesses (105). The anterior surface (106) of the first layer (101) and the structured posterior surface of the second layer (102) define a first cavity (107) for containing one or more components.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Robert Oag, Ian Bruce, David Radcliffe
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Patent number: 11584577Abstract: A contact lens package kit is described that includes a contact lens packages, wherein each contact lens package includes a base member having a cavity and a sealing member coupled to the base member. An unworn contact lens is provided in a packaging solution within the sealed cavity. The base member is a thermoplastic material (or other recyclable material) and includes a substantially planar surface surrounding the cavity to provide a sealing surface for the sealing member. The kit also includes at least one fastener configured to retain a plurality of base members from each of the contact lens packages after the contact lens is removed from the cavity. A recyclable thermoplastic contact lens assembly is also described, that includes empty contact lens packages attached to a fastener. A method to recycle used contact lens packages, such as curbside recycling, is further described that uses the fastener, and the fastener itself is also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Javier E. Alayon Rivera, Cataldo Zucaro, Brittany Whitenack, Lucas Sievens Figueroa, Jesus Javier Rivera Velez
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Publication number: 20230040022Abstract: Contact lens packages are provided and each includes a base member having a cavity and a sealing member coupled to the base member. An unworn contact lens is provided in a packaging solution within the sealed cavity. The base member is a thermoplastic or other recyclable material. The base member includes at least one connecting member that can be an interlocking feature and/or a stackable feature. The connecting member is configured to connect to the connecting member of another base member, after the contact lenses are removed from the cavities. A recyclable thermoplastic contact lens assembly is also provided that includes empty contact lens package base members stacked and connected together. A method of manufacturing contact lens packages and a method to recycle used contact lens package base members, such as by curbside recycling, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Jesus Javier RIVERA VELEZ, Javier E. ALAYON RIVERA, Jose A. BURGOS CRUZ, Lucas SIEVENS FIGUEROA
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Patent number: 11573434Abstract: A tuneable contact lens (100), wherein the contact lens comprises a central region (108). The central region has a circumferential wall and an anterior surface having an external curvature. The contact lens also comprises an inflatable ring (106) arranged around the circumferential wall of the central region, and at least one fluid reservoir (104) in fluid connection with the inflatable ring. The at least one fluid reservoir comprises a pump. When fluid is pumped from the at least one fluid reservoir to the inflatable ring, the inflatable ring inflates and the external curvature of anterior portion of the central region is changed.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Ian Bruce, Robert Oag
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Publication number: 20230033723Abstract: Contact lens packages are provided and each includes a base member having a cavity and a sealing member coupled to the base member. An unworn contact lens is provided in a packaging solution within the sealed cavity. The base member is a thermoplastic or other recyclable material. The base member includes at least one latch and at least one slot. The latch and slot are configured to connect to the slot and latch, respectively, of another base member, after the contact lenses are removed from the cavities. A recyclable thermoplastic contact lens assembly is also provided that includes empty contact lens package base members stacked and connected together. A method to recycle used contact lens package base members, such as by curbside recycling, is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Javier E. ALAYON RIVERA, Jose A. BURGOS CRUZ, Jesus Javier RIVERA VELEZ, Lucas SIEVENS FIGUEROA
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Publication number: 20230036893Abstract: Ophthalmic lenses are described that have a layer, which has a base refractive index, provided on a surface of the lens. The layer includes at least one gradient index optical element. The ophthalmic lens may be a spectacle lens or a contact lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Paul CHAMBERLAIN, Sourav SAHA, Arthur BRADLEY, Baskar ARUMUGAM
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Publication number: 20230031417Abstract: Methods of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens are described. The methods include a step of providing an ophthalmic lens; and a step of providing a photocurable film. The methods use a digital light projections system to photocure at least one region of the film to produce at least one photocured gradient index refractive element. The film is applied to a surface of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Sourav SAHA, Paul CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur BRADLEY, Baskar ARUMUGAM
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Publication number: 20230030700Abstract: Methods for reducing progression of myopia are described. These methods may be understood to be myopia control methods. The methods include a step of providing at least one contact lens having an optic zone and a peripheral zone surrounding the optic zone. The optic zone includes a central region and an annular region that surrounds the central region. The annular region includes a treatment portion that is not rotationally symmetric about an axis of the lens. And, the methods include a step of rotating about the axis, over time, the treatment portion of the at least one contact lens on the eye, wherein the rotation reduces adaptation to a treatment stimulus by the person over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CooperVision International LimitedInventors: Paul CHAMBERLAIN, Martin WEBBER, Baskar ARUMUGAM, Arthur BRADLEY