141 |
Adjustable Flicker Rate Vision Training And Testing |
US13180145 |
2011-07-11 |
US20110282252A1 |
2011-11-17 |
Herb Yoo; Alan W. Reichow |
A vision training system comprises a display device configured to display dynamic visual content having a flicker rate, a flicker generator configured to adjust the flicker rate according to a duty cycle, a visual signal source configured to provide a visual signal in the form of dynamic content to the flicker generator, or, alternatively, to the display device, and a receiver configured to receive indications that the flicker rate should be adjusted. |
142 |
METHOD OF MAKING AND PRESCRIBING TINTED LENSES |
US13076756 |
2011-03-31 |
US20110176105A1 |
2011-07-21 |
David Andrew Harris |
Methods of fabricating and prescribing lenses suitable for color blindness and dyslexia correction are disclosed. The corrective lens may be formed of an optically transparent base material, which is tinted to a desired color for correction by immersion in a colorant dye. The color tinted lens is then tinted by a neutral tint dye to render the lens observable as a regular corrective lens. Prescription of such lenses may be based on a dynamically balanced, or haploscopic, fashion of prescription that comprises selecting a first visual filter from a set of sixteen filters and a second visual filter from the remaining set of fifteen filters, the first for the dominant eye and the second for non-dominant eye. |
143 |
Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer |
US11338091 |
2006-01-24 |
US07857446B2 |
2010-12-28 |
Andreas W. Dreher |
An eyeglass lens and manufacturing method using epoxy aberrator includes two lenses with a variable index material, such as epoxy, sandwiched in between. The epoxy is then cured to different indexes of refraction that provide precise corrections for the patient's wavefront aberrations. The present invention further provides a method to produce an eyeglass that corrects higher order aberrations, such as those that occur when retinal tissue is damaged due to glaucoma or macular degeneration. The manufacturing method allows for many different applications including, but not limited to, supervision and transition lenses. |
144 |
Apparatus and method of correcting higher-order aberrations of the human eye |
US11869607 |
2007-10-09 |
US07695134B2 |
2010-04-13 |
Andreas W. Dreher; Shui T. Lai; Donald G. Bruns |
The wavefront aberrator is applicable to correct aberrations of the human eye. In one embodiment, the aberrator device comprises a pair of transparent lenses separated by a layer of curable resin comprising monomers and polymerization initiators. By controlling the extent of its curing, this monomer layer provides an adjustable index of refraction profile across the layer. Curing of the resin may be made by exposure to light, such as ultraviolet light. By controlling the extent of light exposure across the surface of the curable resin, for example, a particular and unique refractive index profile can be produced. |
145 |
Tinted lens and method of making same |
US11827893 |
2007-07-13 |
US20090015786A1 |
2009-01-15 |
David Andrew Harris |
A lens and a method of making lenses suitable for color blindness correction are disclosed. The corrective lens may be formed of an optically transparent base material, which is tinted to the desired color for correction by immersion in a colorant dye. The color tinted lens is then tinted by a neutral tint dye to render the lens observable as a regular corrective lens. If desired, the dyes may be heated during immersion. |
146 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CORRECTING HIGHER-ORDER ABERRATIONS OF THE HUMAN EYE |
US11869607 |
2007-10-09 |
US20080252845A1 |
2008-10-16 |
Andreas W. DREHER; Shui T. LAI; Donald G. BRUNS |
The wavefront aberrator is applicable to correct aberrations of the human eye. In one embodiment, the aberrator device comprises a pair of transparent lenses separated by a layer of curable resin comprising monomers and polymerization initiators. By controlling the extent of its curing, this monomer layer provides an adjustable index of refraction profile across the layer. Curing of the resin may be made by exposure to light, such as ultraviolet light. By controlling the extent of light exposure across the surface of the curable resin, for example, a particular and unique refractive index profile can be produced. |
147 |
VISION IN MACULAR DEGENERATION PATIENTS |
US12048169 |
2008-03-13 |
US20080218688A1 |
2008-09-11 |
Andreas W. Dreher |
An eyeglass lens and manufacturing method using a variable refractive index material, such as epoxy. In one embodiment, a method of making an eyeglass lens includes: imaging a patient's eye to determine a wavefront prescription for the patient; and curing the lens based on the wavefront prescription such that the wavefront guided lens corrects for aberrations over the lens for a plurality of gazing angles of the patient. |
148 |
Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer |
US11703855 |
2007-02-07 |
US20070171359A1 |
2007-07-26 |
Andreas Dreher |
An eyeglass lens and manufacturing method using a variable refractive index material, such as epoxy. In one embodiment, a method of making an eyeglass lens includes: imaging a patient's eye to determine a wavefront prescription for the patient; and curing the lens based on the wavefront prescription such that the wavefront guided lens corrects for aberrations over the lens for a plurality of gazing angles of the patient. |
149 |
Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer |
US11649995 |
2007-01-05 |
US20070109494A1 |
2007-05-17 |
Andreas Dreher |
An eyeglass lens and manufacturing method using a variable refractive index material, such as epoxy. In one embodiment, a method of making an eyeglass lens includes: imaging a patient's eye to determine a wavefront prescription for the patient; and curing the lens based on the wavefront prescription such that the wavefront guided lens corrects for aberrations over the lens for a plurality of gazing angles of the patient. |
150 |
Therapeutic contact lens for pseudo-aphakic eyes and/or eyes with retinal neuro-degeneration |
US11401440 |
2006-04-10 |
US20060238703A1 |
2006-10-26 |
Celia Ramos |
The object of the invention is a contact lens for pseudo-aphakic eyes and/or eyes with macular and retinal degeneration, its main characteristic being the application of a yellow filter to a standard contact lens, with the purpose of protecting the eye from the short wavelength radiation of the visible spectrum (lower than 500 nm). This invention avoids the difficulties and risks of existing techniques, providing protection to the cataract-operated eye and improving natural protection in eyes with retinal neuro-degeneration, through the simple application of a contact lens. The invention consists of the combination of a standard contact lens and yellow filter, which absorbs short wavelengths of 350/500 nm, both its components being appropriate for use in the human eye. |
151 |
Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer |
US11338091 |
2006-01-24 |
US20060119792A1 |
2006-06-08 |
Andreas Dreher |
An eyeglass lens and manufacturing method using epoxy aberrator includes two lenses with a variable index material, such as epoxy, sandwiched in between. The epoxy is then cured to different indexes of refraction that provide precise corrections for the patient's wavefront aberrations. The present invention further provides a method to produce an eyeglass that corrects higher order aberrations, such as those that occur when retinal tissue is damaged due to glaucoma or macular degeneration. The manufacturing method allows for many different applications including, but not limited to, supervision and transition lenses. |
152 |
Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer |
US11338090 |
2006-01-24 |
US20060119791A1 |
2006-06-08 |
Andreas Dreher |
An eyeglass lens and manufacturing method using epoxy aberrator includes two lenses with a variable index material, such as epoxy, sandwiched in between. The epoxy is then cured to different indexes of refraction that provide precise corrections for the patient's wavefront aberrations. The present invention further provides a method to produce an eyeglass that corrects higher order aberrations, such as those that occur when retinal tissue is damaged due to glaucoma or macular degeneration. The manufacturing method allows for many different applications including, but not limited to, supervision and transition lenses. |
153 |
Progressive-power spectacle lens |
US10268755 |
2002-10-11 |
US06652097B2 |
2003-11-25 |
Moriyasu Shirayanagi |
A progressive-power spectacle lens includes a distance portion having a dioptric power for distance vision, a near portion having a dioptric power for near vision, and an intermediate portion having a progressive dioptric power between the distance portion and the near portion. At least one of front and back surfaces is formed as a progressive-power surface whose dioptric power varies depending upon a position thereon. The spectacle lens has a prismatic effect including a prescribed prismatic effect and unprescribed prismatic effect. A shape of the progressive-power surface of the spectacle lens is different from a shape of a progressive-power surface of a reference lens that is defined as a lens identical to the spectacle lens except that the prescribed prismatic effect is eliminated. The progressive surface of the spectacle lens is configured to compensate for aberration that is caused if the prescribed prismatic effect is added in the reference lens. |
154 |
Progressive-power spectacle lens |
US10268755 |
2002-10-11 |
US20030123025A1 |
2003-07-03 |
Moriyasu
Shirayanagi |
A progressive-power spectacle lens includes a distance portion having a dioptric power for distance vision, a near portion having a dioptric power for near vision, and an intermediate portion having a progressive dioptric power between the distance portion and the near portion. At least one of front and back surfaces is formed as a progressive-power surface whose dioptric power varies depending upon a position thereon. The spectacle lens has a prismatic effect including a prescribed prismatic effect and unprescribed prismatic effect. A shape of the progressive-power surface of the spectacle lens is different from a shape of a progressive-power surface of a reference lens that is defined as a lens identical to the spectacle lens except that the prescribed prismatic effect is eliminated. The progressive surface of the spectacle lens is configured to compensate for aberration that is caused if the prescribed prismatic effect is added in the reference lens. |
155 |
Method of training and rehabilitating brain function using hemi-lenses |
US80748 |
1998-05-18 |
US5886769A |
1999-03-23 |
A. J. Zolten |
A method of rehabilitation or training of targeted portions of the brain in which hemi-lenses having semi-opaque radial segments selectively blind portions of the visual processing areas of the brain to force visual processing to a particular portion of the brain which is thereby stimulated. Such rehabilitation consists of having the patient perform visual and non-visual tasks constructed to activate processing in the targeted portion of the brain. The hemi-lenses may be employed in a series of gradually increased translucency to allow the patient's visual system to adapt in stages to the rehabilitated balance between intact visual processing and relearned visual processing. |
156 |
Field restrictive contact lens |
US997349 |
1992-12-28 |
US5570144A |
1996-10-29 |
Gunilla Lofgren-Nisser |
A contact lens and method of use are disclosed where the lens has a vertical orienting mass and an occluded portion that restricts light passing through the portion. The occluded portion can be preselected to continuously restrict visual input to any portion of the retina, regardless of movement of the eye. |
157 |
Lenses and spectacles for reducing nystagmic oscillations, and a method
for achieving this purpose |
US191639 |
1994-02-04 |
US5440359A |
1995-08-08 |
Raymonde Bloch-Malem |
The invention provides a tinted pair of lenses for overcoming the deleterious effects of nystagmic oscillations, particularly in persons suffering from dyslexia, the tinting varying along the lateral direction and extending in each lens over at least two zones, a lighter tint being used in a first zone extending from the lens edge nearest to the nose of the wearer, when the lens is in use, to a position corresponding to the centre of the pupil, and a darker tint being used in a second zone extending over the remaining lens area. |
158 |
Photobiologic sunglasses and transmitters |
US569595 |
1990-08-20 |
US5083858A |
1992-01-28 |
Rene J. Girerd |
Sunglasses and other light transmitters for human viewing and illumination are characterized by an efficient transmission of photobiologically-active radiations, thereby offering the users (especially sunglass wearers) a physiologically-oriented alternative. Furthermore, the .lambda.max and the peak absorbance wavelengths of human rhodopsin exemplify those wavelengths which must be transmitted, since they are photobiologically impeccable. Tinted photobiologic sunglass lenses transmit a light spectrum (FIG. 1) exactly within the human rhodopsin absorption curve (FIG. 2); they also provide antiglare as well as ultraviolet and infrared protection by attenuating radiations outside the photobiologic spectrum. Photobiologic sunglasses are also ecologically beneficial, restoring in part the pristine quality of the albedo which has been adulterated by modern urban enviroment. Specific photobiologic coatings provide various substrates with antireflection characteristics resulting in improved photobiologic transmission, and energy-saving infrared rejection. Tinting and coating are photobiologically cumulative. By transmitting the light which is most biologically active, photobiologic sunglasses and transmitters offer multiple health advantages over most prior-art sunglasses which interfere with photobiologic light and, consequently, have been reported to represent a significant health hazard. Therefore, photobiologic sunglasses and transmitters can help prevent some forms of mental depression (and the related increased suicide tendencies), a loss of fertility, as well as libido impairment, all caused by inadequate photostimulation. Maintenance of unperturbed mental and physical skills, of normal sleep, and of undisturbed metabolic functions, help maintain the well-being of photobiologically-stimulated sunglass wearers, and of photobiologic transmitter users. |
159 |
Method and apparatus for improving visual acuity |
US418387 |
1989-10-06 |
US5050982A |
1991-09-24 |
Juergen P. Meissner |
A method and apparatus for improving visual acuity during sports activities includes the steps of increasing the strength of the image on the brain half corresponding to the weaker eye of a person by substantially occluding ambient light to the dominant eye of the person for a period of approximately one to two weeks for at least one hour per day; forcing both brain halves to operate at substantially equal visual levels in coordination with each other by wearing eyeglasses having inner opaque sections adjacent the nose bridge so as to limit overlapping vision of the two eyes to a small overlapping area, the inner opaque areas being inwardly and downwardly inclined at an angle of approximately 20 with respect to a nasal axis extending through the nose of the person; and forcing both brain halves to operate independently of each other at substantially equal visual levels by increasing the areas of the opaque sections so as to eliminate the overlapping area, which forces each brain half to process the visual information supplied to it independently of the other brain half, such that the eyes of the person can operate independently and in synchronism, with the same angle of approximately 20 being maintained. |
160 |
Contact lens for correction of color blindness |
US522067 |
1990-05-10 |
US4998817A |
1991-03-12 |
Harry I. Zeltzer |
A corneal contact lens for the correction of color blindness, which is clear except for a thin red exterior layer covering the area admitting light to the pupil. |