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.

Abstract: A method for classifying a patient's eye includes the steps of: obtaining normal and abnormal wavefront aberration data from normal and abnormal eyes; fitting the normal and abnormal eye wavefront aberration data with a basis function to decompose the normal and abnormal eye wavefront aberration data into normal and abnormal eye mathematical components; examining the normal and abnormal eye mathematical components to develop mathematical optical filters capable of discriminating between normal and abnormal eyes, using statistical methods to define a probability distribution; obtaining wavefront aberration data from the patient's eye; fitting the patient's wavefront aberration data with a basis function to decompose the patient's wavefront aberration data into the patient's set of mathematical components; examining the patient's set of mathematical components using the mathematical optical filters to generate a patient filter value; and classifying the patient's eye by comparing the patient filter value wit

Abstract: A method for classifying a patient's eye includes the steps of: obtaining normal and abnormal wavefront aberration data from normal and abnormal eyes; fitting the normal and abnormal eye wavefront aberration data with a basis function to decompose the normal and abnormal eye wavefront aberration data into normal and abnormal eye mathematical components; examining the normal and abnormal eye mathematical components to develop mathematical optical filters capable of discriminating between normal and abnormal eyes, using statistical methods to define a probability distribution; obtaining wavefront aberration data from the patient's eye; fitting the patient's wavefront aberration data with a basis function to decompose the patient's wavefront aberration data into the patient's set of mathematical components; examining the patient's set of mathematical components using the mathematical optical filters to generate a patient filter value; and classifying the patient's eye by comparing the patient filter value with t

Abstract: A biomedical "tab" type of electrode suited for use with male and female connectors of the type that are adapted to snap together is provided. The female connector is located at one end of a lead wire. A male snap connector is secured to the lead wire by means of a flexible tether. The electrode includes an extension or tab having an opening therein. The tether is mounted on the lead wire and is preferably adapted to slide along its length. During use, the male snap connector can be moved into proximity of the female connector and aligned with it on opposite sides of the tab portion of the electrode and then brought into contact and connected to each other through the opening in the tab to establish both a mechanical and an electrical connection with the tab of the electrode.