Abstract: Described are multifocal contact lenses that contain high energy visible (HEV) light absorbing compounds and their use for improving one or more vision attributes.

Abstract: Described are multifocal contact lenses that contain high energy visible (HEV) light absorbing compounds and their use for improving one or more vision attributes.

Abstract: Described are multifocal contact lenses that contain high energy visible (HEV) light absorbing compounds and their use for improving one or more vision attributes.

Abstract: A family of ophthalmic lenses for correcting presbyopia meets constraints for distance vision, near vision, and disparity and may be designed according to a process that incorporates a merit function accounting for binocular visual performance.

Abstract: A family of ophthalmic lenses for correcting presbyopia meets constraints for distance vision, near vision, and disparity and may be designed according to a process that incorporates a merit function accounting for binocular visual performance.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for fitting multifocal contact lenses that are less time consuming and result in more successful fittings than conventional methods.

Abstract: A method for forming and packaging an iontophoretic patch in an inert atmosphere to provide increased shelf-life. The method includes a number of sub-assemblies for forming a well in a laminate material, forming the reservoir and dosing the reservoir, sealing the laminate material and another laminate material together to form a continuous web from which the individual patches are cut. In addition, the patch can be subsequently enclosed in an individual package. In this way, the patch and/or package provides a commercially suitable shelf-life to the drug-filled patch stored therein.

Abstract: A method for the cultchless cultivation of mollusks comprises placing the mollusks in an elongate bag of mesh material, which is preferably about 100 feet long. The bag has a longitudinal slit therein for providing access to the bag. The bag is suspended under tension in an underwater off-bottom location whereby the slit is maintained in a closed position by the tension. The invention also includes apparatus for raising the bag into an elevated position above the water for husbandry and harvesting purposes. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a raft provided with a pair of spiked rollers thereon for moving the bag along the top of the raft.

Abstract: An axial gap induction motor has a rotor with conductive and ferromagnetic components. The conductive component comprises a thin interstator web and axially thickened hub and rim portions, the ferromagnetic component being located in the annular channel formed thereby. A ceramic bearing pack for the rotor shaft has two parts, one rotating with the shaft and the other mounted to a fixed support. The two bearing parts provide cylindrical bearing surfaces and opposite end thrust bearing surfaces.A preferred application of the motor is in a liquid pump where the rotor rotates in the liquid and is carried at one end of the shaft, a centrifugal impeller, having a closed face and a sleeved eye, being carried at the other end of the shaft.

Abstract: A ripple bed has an upper and a lower inflatable layer. The upper layer has separate air passages which are independently inflatable and deflatable to provide the rippling effect. The lower layer is separately inflatable to provide support over any area of the upper layer which is deflated.