Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and devices for designing customized contact lenses, by initially making dynamic wavefront sensor measurements through a trial contact lens that is fitted on an eye, and then calculating a WaveFront Guided (WFG) correction to be applied to the trial contact lens that reduces the RMS level of aberrations as much as practically possible. The output of the wavefront correction program is a customized lathe file that the manufacturer can use to make customized contact lenses on a lathe. The method works best for soft contact lenses and scleral lenses.

Abstract: This invention relates to optical methods and optical systems for making both on-axis and wide-field, peripheral off-axis wavefront measurements of an eye; and for designing and manufacturing wavefront-guided customized contact lens useful for myopia control. The wide-field optical instrument can comprise either (1) a multi-axis optical configuration using multiple off-axis beamlets, or (2) an instrument comprising a rotatable scanning mirror that generates off-axis probe beams.

Abstract: A method and system for correcting vision in an eye that uses a wavefront-customized phakic or pseudophakic Intraocular Lens (IOL), the method comprising: (1) measuring wavefront aberrations of the eye; (2) designing a wavefront-customized correction profile for an IOL; (3) creating a customized IOL with the customized correction profile; and (4) implanting the customized IOL in the eye, without having to remove the natural lens. Alternatively, an uncorrected IOL is implanted first, followed by scanning a femtosecond laser spot across the implanted IOL to locally change the Index of Refraction of the IOL material and create an in-situ customized IOL.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and devices for designing customized contact lenses, by initially making dynamic wavefront sensor measurements through a trial contact lens that is fitted on an eye, and then calculating a WaveFront Guided (WFG) correction to be applied to the trial contact lens that reduces the RMS level of aberrations as much as practically possible. The output of the wavefront correction program is a customized lathe file that the manufacturer can use to make customized contact lenses on a lathe. The method works best for soft contact lenses and scleral lenses.

Abstract: A method for correcting aberrations of a patient's eye with a customized contact lens, including determining an optimal XY location and an optimal angular orientation, a, for placing correction optics on the customized contact lens by using an optical instrument to measure XY offsets (?X, ?Y) and X, Y, Z tilt angles, (?x, ?y, ?), respectively, of a predicate contact lens while disposed on the patient's eye is disclosed. The predicate contact lens and the customized contact lens can be a scleral contact lens or a normal contact lens. The optical instrument can comprise a wavefront aberrometer and/or a corneal topographer. The correction optics include a wavefront-customized contact lens with a built-in, optimized wavefront-guided correction patch. The predicate contact lens can include three or more fiducial marks inside of the pupil, which can be used to determine the XY center of the predicate contact lens when placed on the patient's eye.

Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing a wavefront-customized contact lens. The systems include: (1) an optical instrument for measuring ocular imperfections of a patient's eye; (2) a computer for designing a mold and pin design used for manufacturing a wavefront-customized contact lens that corrects the ocular imperfections; (3) a fabrication machine for fabricating a wavefront-customized mold that includes corrections for the ocular imperfections; and (4) a manufacturing equipment for manufacturing a wavefront-customized contact lenses that uses the wavefront-customized mold; wherein the wavefront-customized mold design and wavefront-guided contact lens manufacturing are uniquely customized for each patient's eye. The optical means can be a wavefront aberrometer with, or without, a profilometer and/or an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) module. The wavefront-customized contact lens can be a soft contact lens or a rigid, gas permeable contact lens.