Segmented Zones Patents (Class 351/159.14)
  • Patent number: 11662607
    Abstract: Embodiments concern an optical eye-contact device comprising a lens body having a symmetry axis and which further comprises a light-transmissive portion and an opaque portion, wherein the light-transmissive portion is decentered with respect to the symmetry axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MOR RESEARCH APPLICATTONS LTD.
    Inventors: Gonen Omer, Ori Mahler
  • Patent number: 11464625
    Abstract: An intraocular lens is provided that includes a refractive element and a mask. The refractive element has a first power in a first meridian and a second power greater than the first power in a second meridian. A magnitude of the first and second powers and a location of the first and second meridians are configured to correct astigmatism in a human eye. The mask is configured to block a substantial portion of light from passing through an annular region thereof and to permit a substantial portion of light to pass through a central aperture thereof to enhance an astigmatism correction rotational misplacement range and depth of focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Link, R. Kyle Webb
  • Patent number: 11442290
    Abstract: A lens element worn in front of an eye of a person includes a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of the eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power and a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Matthieu Guillot, Björn Drobe
  • Patent number: 11231599
    Abstract: Embodiments concern an optical eye-contact device comprising a lens body having a symmetry axis and which further comprises a light-transmissive portion and an opaque portion, wherein the light-transmissive portion is decentered with respect to the symmetry axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MOR RESEARCH APPLICATIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Omer Gonen, Ori Mahler
  • Patent number: 10709550
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing improved intraocular lenses (IOLs), include features for reducing side effects, such as halos, glare and best focus shifts, in multifocal refractive lenses and extended depth of focus lenses. Exemplary ophthalmic lenses can include a continuous, power progressive aspheric surface based on two or more merged optical zones, the aspheric surface being defined by a single aspheric equation. Continuous power progressive intraocular lenses can mitigate optical side effects that typically result from abrupt optical steps. Aspheric power progressive and aspheric extended depth of focus lenses can be combined with diffractive lens profiles to further enhance visual performance while minimizing dysphotopsia effects. The combination can provide an increased depth of focus that is greater than an individual depth of focus of either the refractive profile or the diffractive profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Carmen Canovas Vidal, Aixa Alarcon Heredia, Patricia Ann Piers, Hendrik A. Weeber
  • Patent number: 9474647
    Abstract: A planning device produces control data for a treatment device for eye surgery which produces at least one cutting surface in a cornea of the eye using a laser device. The planning device includes a calculation module for establishing a cornea cutting surface. The calculation module is configured to establish the cornea cutting surface based on data of a refraction correction, to produce a control data set for actuating the laser device for the cornea cutting surface, and to determine the cornea cutting surface in such a way that it consists of a plurality of sub-surfaces, each of which make a contribution to the refraction correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Mark Bischoff, Gregor Stobrawa
  • Patent number: 8985763
    Abstract: Contact lenses and methods of manufacturing contact lenses are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: forming a substrate having an uneven surface; providing a sensor at a first region of the substrate; providing a chip at a second region of the substrate; and encapsulating the substrate, sensor and chip in a polymer. The method also includes: patterning interconnections from the first region of the substrate to the second region of the substrate; and patterning metal pads proximate to the second region of the substrate. The chip can be provided on a metal pad. The uneven surface can be a sloped surface or one or more sloped channels in the substrate, and the channels can be wide enough to receive interconnections for the chip and to receive the chip. Further, the substrate can be ring-shaped and curved prior to encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Etzkorn, Babak Amirparviz
  • Patent number: 8864306
    Abstract: An eye covering such as a contact lens may comprise one or more structures to pump tear liquid under the covering such that the covering can remain in the eye and correct vision for an extended amount of time. In many embodiments, the covering comprises a material having fenestrations to draw tear liquid under the covering and an outer portion shaped to contact the conjunctiva over the sclera, such that when the eye closes pressure of one or more eyelids urges tear liquid through one or more fenestrations and under the outer portion shaped to contact the conjunctiva. When the eye blinks, the pressure of the one or more eyelids can urge the covering toward the cornea such that tear liquid can pass through the fenestrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: NexisVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Cary J. Reich, Yair Alster, Matt Clark, Kunagmon Ashley Tuan, Brian Levy
  • Patent number: 8690320
    Abstract: A contact lens such as a toric contact lens having hybrid stabilization features is disclosed. The lens includes a lens edge, a vertical meridian, a horizontal meridian, a superior region, an inferior region, an optical zone, a prism ballast zone and a peri ballast zone, wherein the contact lens has a dimple zone disposed between the optical zone and the lens edge and is centered on the inferior vertical meridian.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert K. Stupplebeen, Jennifer Zuba
  • Publication number: 20130182216
    Abstract: A lens for an eye that includes a zone with a first power profile for images received by the retina on the fovea, a zone with a second power profile for images received by the peripheral retina on the nasal side and a zone with a third power profile for images received by the peripheral retina on the temporal side. The first power profile is selected to provide clear or acceptable vision and the second and third power profiles are selected to affect the peripheral image position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Earl Leo Smith, III, Brien Anthony Holden
  • Publication number: 20120307200
    Abstract: A contact lens such as a toric contact lens having hybrid stabilization features is disclosed. The lens includes a lens edge, a vertical meridian, a horizontal meridian, a superior region, an inferior region, an optical zone, a prism ballast zone and a peri ballast zone, wherein the contact lens has a dimple zone disposed between the optical zone and the lens edge and is centered on the inferior vertical meridian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Robert K. Stupplebeen, Jennifer Zuba