Abstract: Methods and systems wherein laser induced refractive index changes by focused femtosecond laser pulses in optical polymeric materials or optical tissues is performed to address various types of vision correction.

Abstract: A method for providing an ophthalmic lens to a wearer including: providing the wearer's astigmatism features measured at a first proximity; providing the wearer's astigmatism features measured at a second proximity, wherein the second proximity is greater than the first proximity; determining customized wearer's astigmatism features based on the combination resulting of linear combinations of the wearer's astigmatism features measured at the first proximity and of the wearer's astigmatism features measured at the second proximity; and applying the customized astigmatism features to the ophthalmic lens.

Abstract: In a method for creating a design of a prescription surface of a multifocal lens, in particular for a progressive spectacle lens, at first data and second data for describing at least one aberration of an eye of a proband for a first situation of use and a second situation of use, respectively, are obtained, and then a first set of parameters and a second set of parameters of a predetermined prescription surface equation are determined from the first and second data, wherein the prescription surface equation is assigned to a first reference point of the prescription surface for the first set of parameters, and is assigned to a second reference point of the prescription surface for the second set of parameters.

Abstract: A contact lens incorporating one or more dynamic stabilization zones fabricated from a material that is readily deformable under eyelid pressure during blinking allows for the control over rotation of the contact lens on the eye. As the material deforms, the angle of contact between the eyelid and the one or more dynamic stabilization zones changes as does the rotational force acting on the contact lens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to ophthalmic systems and coatings comprising a selective light wavelength filter, wherein said selective filter provides improved contrast sensitivity.

Abstract: The invention relates to headlamps for vehicles comprising a number of semiconductor-based light sources being arranged on a substrate, and comprising an optical unit having at least one lens with a lens face for the generation of a given light distribution, wherein the lens face can be calculated by means of a lens equation, which is formed by means of a conic section equation completed by a deformation parameter, so that the lens face is determined with a deviation from a conic section shape, wherein a first deformation parameter for the change of the lens face according to differing degrees of shape change in the direction of the optical axis and vertically to the optical axis are given on one hand and that a second deformation parameter for the change of the lens face according to identical degrees of shape change in the direction of the optical axis and vertically to the optical axis are given on the other hand.

Abstract: The present invention provides a contact lens having novel myopia progression suppression capability, while enabling a good QOV to be obtained and ensuring myopia is kept from progressing. A contact lens having a refractive correction power for correcting myopia and myopic astigmatism set in a central region of an optical part, wherein a positive addition power in comparison with a power in the central region is set in a peripheral region of the optical part so that progression of the myopia or myopic astigmatism is suppressed, a positioning member is provided that specifies a circumferential position of the lens under a worn condition, and a lens optical axis of the optical part is set offset from a lens geometric center to align with a line of sight of a human eye under the worn condition produced by the positioning member.

Abstract: A contact lens incorporating one or more dynamic stabilization zones fabricated from a material that is readily deformable under eyelid pressure during blinking allows for the control over rotation of the contact lens on the eye. As the material deforms, the angle of contact between the eyelid and the one or more dynamic stabilization zones changes as does the rotational force acting on the contact lens.

Abstract: The present invention, as described above and as further defined by the claims below, provides methods for forming an Ophthalmic Lens that encapsulates a Rigid Insert, wherein the Rigid Insert may be tailored to correct specific astigmatic characteristics of an eye and apparatus for implementing such methods, as well as Ophthalmic Lenses formed with the Rigid Inserts.

Abstract: A contact lens incorporating one or more dynamic stabilization zones fabricated from a material that is readily deformable under eyelid pressure during blinking allows for the control over rotation of the contact lens on the eye. As the material deforms, the angle of contact between the eyelid and the one or more dynamic stabilization zones changes as does the rotational force acting on the contact lens.

Abstract: Disclosed is an implementation of new technology for effectively providing a contact lens capable of achieving satisfactory corrective effects even with respect to irregular astigmatism (residual irregular astigmatism) caused by a conical cornea and so forth, which could not be corrected with conventional eye glasses or contact lens, wherein the contact lens is not dependent on being made to order for each wearer but is industrially mass-producible by means of a practical and novel structure. A contact lens for correction of irregular astigmatism is disclosed wherein a positive correction area (27) is provided on one side of a special radial line (30) and a negative correction area (28) is provided on another side while in any of the correction areas (27, 28) a lens power is configured so that an absolute value becomes progressively larger from an outer peripheral edge part towards a central portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an aspherization layer for an ophthalmic lens for a wearer for whom a power and an astigmatism have been prescribed. The method can be used equally satisfactorily on a unifocal or a multifocal lens. The invention also extends to the method for determining an ophthalmic lens from an aspoherization layer obtained by the method. The invention improves the optical performance of lenses obtained from semi-finished lenses in which the complex surface is unknown.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide an ophthalmic lens comprising at least one regressive and at least one non-regressive rotationally symmetric optical design element. The regressive and non-regressive optical design elements can be combined so as to form a desired optical power profile for the lens while simultaneously exploiting the different relative orientation of the astigmatic vectors of the constituent regressive and non-regressive design elements, thereby resulting in reduced unwanted astigmatism. The regressive and non-regressive rotationally symmetric optical design elements can be positioned on different lens surfaces and in optical communication or can be collapsed onto the same lens surface. The regressive and non-regressive rotationally symmetric optical design elements can each contribute to the total add power of an ophthalmic lens.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide progressive addition lenses (PALs) and techniques for designing PALs that result in improved visual performance for the wearer. PALs of the present invention can have vision zones with widths that are more in line with the actual or functional sizes used by wearers. PALs of the present invention can also introduce controlled amounts of unwanted astigmatism into one or more vision zones. By allowing vision zones to include manageable levels of astigmatism, the resulting PAL can avoid the harsh build-up of astigmatism typically found in conventional PALs at the periphery of the channel and viewing zones. Further, PALs of the present invention can be designed using a merit function to achieve an optimized iterative design that accounts for astigmatism vector orientation and not simply astigmatism magnitude as is the case with conventional PAL design.

Abstract: A soft contact lens for fitting to a cornea includes a lens main body made of a light permeable member. The lens main body has a diameter larger than that of a light-shielding portion which shields incident light incident to the cornea. The light-shielding portion includes a main body constituting a light-shielding member, an aperture that allows incident light to be transmitted, the aperture being positioned on a position of the main body of the light-shielding portion, and multiple holes that maintain a scotopic vision and a night vision, the holes being provided around the aperture in the main body of the light-shielding portion and each of the holes having a diameter smaller than that of the aperture.