Patents by Inventor Scott Andrew Read

Scott Andrew Read has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SLOWING MYOPIA PROGRESSION AND/OR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF MYOPIA OR A DISEASE OR CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH MYOPIA
    Publication number: 20150036102
    Abstract: The invention provides an ophthalmic lens comprising one or more oblique prismatic component, wherein the lens slows myopia progression and/or treats or prevents myopia or a disease or condition associated with myopia. The one or more oblique prismatic components may be base-down or base-down and base-in or base up and base-in. The one or more oblique prismatic components may be central and/or in a distance and/or near zone of the ophthalmic lens. The invention also provides an ophthalmic lens comprising a central base-down prism in a distance zone wherein the lens slows myopia progression and/or treats or prevents myopia or a disease or condition associated with myopia. Also provided is an optical device comprising one or more ophthalmic lenses and a method of slowing myopia progression and/or treating or preventing myopia or a disease or condition associated with myopia including using one or more ophthalmic lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: Atanu Ghosh, Michael John Collins, Scott Andrew Read, Brett Ashley Davis