221 |
System, apparatus and method for correcting vision with an adaptive optic |
US11636507 |
2006-12-11 |
US07997733B2 |
2011-08-16 |
Ronald D. Blum; Dwight P. Duston; Dan Katzman |
An electro-active spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens includes a first lens optic. The disclosed lens also includes a first electro-active zone positioned in a cooperative relationship with the first lens optic. In certain embodiments, the electro-active lens includes a range finder positioned in a cooperative relationship with the electro-active lens. |
222 |
Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer |
US12470409 |
2009-05-21 |
US07988284B2 |
2011-08-02 |
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. |
223 |
Optical elements with a gap between two lens materials |
US11726058 |
2007-03-20 |
US07950799B2 |
2011-05-31 |
Gary D. Mills; Gomaa Abdelsadek; Laurence Warden; Jagdish M. Jethmalani |
The present invention provides an ophthalmic lens comprised of two lens materials with a gap between them of less than about 5 mm. The gap is formed and maintained by particles on the perimeter of the surfaces of both lens materials. Methods are also provided for creating a gap between two lens materials and for producing an ophthalmic lens with a gap between two lens materials. |
224 |
Electro-active opthalmic lens having an optical power blending region |
US12860701 |
2010-08-20 |
US20110037946A1 |
2011-02-17 |
Ronald D. Blum; William Kokonaski |
A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame. |
225 |
Ophthalmic lens comprising a layer having a variable refractive index |
US11911693 |
2006-04-18 |
US07837324B2 |
2010-11-23 |
Thierry Bonnin; Cecile Petignaud |
An ophthalmic lens (10) comprises an optical component (1) and a layer (2) placed on a face of the optical component (1a). The layer (2) has a variable refractive index and is structured so that a second order derivative of the index with regard to a linear spatial coordinate along the face of the optical component (1a) is greater than a fixed threshold. The layer (2) makes it possible to alter the optical power and astigmatism of the lens (10) with regard to corresponding values only relative to the optical component (1). In the event that the ophthalmic lens (10) is a progressive lens, the layer (2) makes it possible to change an addition, a length of progression and/or a design of the progressive lens. |
226 |
MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING LENSES |
US12762259 |
2010-04-16 |
US20100265457A1 |
2010-10-21 |
Jeffrey S. CHOMYN; Larry H. Sverdrup; Jagdish M. Jethmalani; Andreas W. Dreher |
The subject invention provides methods for creating wavefront aberrators with a desired refractive index profile that is stable against thermal and/or solar exposure. The invention further provides wavefront aberrators produced according to the methods described herein. |
227 |
System, apparatus and method for correcting vision with an adaptive optic |
US11636510 |
2006-12-11 |
US07744214B2 |
2010-06-29 |
Ronald D. Blum; Dwight P. Duston; Dan Katzman |
An electro-active spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens includes a first lens optic. The disclosed lens also includes a first electro-active zone positioned in a cooperative relationship with the first lens optic. In certain embodiments, the electro-active lens includes a range finder positioned in a cooperative relationship with the electro-active lens. |
228 |
Ophthalmic Lens Incorporating an Optical Insert for Projecting Information |
US12308132 |
2007-07-04 |
US20100045927A1 |
2010-02-25 |
Renaud Moliton; Cécile Bonafos; Benjamin Rousseau |
The invention provides an eyesight correcting lens having a front face and a rear face, and into which light beams emitted by a light beam generator system are introduced via an inlet surface and directed towards the eye of an ametropic wearer of said lens to enable information content to be viewed, an optical insert being included in the lens, said lens being arranged so as to enable the wearer of said lens to provide an accommodation effort that is less than or equal to 2D when viewing the information content. |
229 |
EYEGLASS MANUFACTURING METHOD USING VARIABLE INDEX LAYER |
US12470409 |
2009-05-21 |
US20090231541A1 |
2009-09-17 |
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. |
230 |
Improving vision in macular degeneration patients |
US12048169 |
2008-03-13 |
US07588333B2 |
2009-09-15 |
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. |
231 |
System, apparatus and method for correcting vision with an adaptive optic |
US11636505 |
2006-12-11 |
US07524059B2 |
2009-04-28 |
Ronald D. Blum; Dwight P. Duston; Dan Katzman |
An electro-active spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens includes a first lens optic. The disclosed lens also includes a first electro-active zone positioned in a cooperative relationship with the first lens optic. In certain embodiments, the electro-active lens includes a range finder positioned in a cooperative relationship with the electro-active lens. |
232 |
Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer |
US11649995 |
2007-01-05 |
US07503651B2 |
2009-03-17 |
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. |
233 |
SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING VISION USING AN ELECTRO-ACTIVE LENS |
US12245330 |
2008-10-03 |
US20090033866A1 |
2009-02-05 |
Ronald D. Blum; William Kokonaski |
A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame. |
234 |
SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING VISION USING AN ELECTRO-ACTIVE LENS |
US12123182 |
2008-05-19 |
US20080316425A1 |
2008-12-25 |
Ronald D. Blum; William Kokonaski |
A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame. |
235 |
Optical elements and method of making the same using liquid crystal materials |
US11527131 |
2006-09-26 |
US07452074B2 |
2008-11-18 |
Anil Kumar; Peter C. Foller |
Provided is a method for making a customized lens including applying a customizable material onto a surface of an ophthalmic substrate; and writing index-change information to the material to form a variable-index layer on the substrate surface. Also provided is a customized ophthalmic element including an ophthalmic substrate; and a variable-index layer of a liquid crystal material connected to at least a portion of the substrate. Further provided is an ophthalmic element having a pair of complementary substrates, each of which has a complementary surface and being positioned such that their complementary surfaces are spaced apart and facing each other, an alignment layer of a patterned alignment material connected to at least one of the complementary surfaces of the pair of substrates, and a variable-index coating interposed between the pair of substrates, such that the liquid crystal material of the variable-index coating is aligned with the patterned alignment material. |
236 |
Optical elements and methods for making thereof |
US10936169 |
2004-09-07 |
US07420743B2 |
2008-09-02 |
Shui T. Lai; Lawrence Sverdrup |
Optical elements are made using micro-jet printing methods to precisely control the type, position and amount of polymer deposited onto a substrate. In preferred embodiments, the proportions of two or more different polymer compositions are varied over the course of the deposition process to deposit adjoining polymer pixels in the form of a film on the substrate surface. The optical properties of each adjoining polymer pixel can be selected to provide a predetermined optical property, including a specific value of index of refraction. Preferably, the film has a radially non-monotonic refractive index profile and/or an angularly non-monotonic refractive index profile. |
237 |
Ophthalmic Lens Comprising a Layer Having a Variable Refractive Index |
US11911693 |
2006-04-18 |
US20080198325A1 |
2008-08-21 |
Thierry Bonnin; Cecile Petignaud |
An ophthalmic lens (10) comprises an optical component (1) and a layer (2) placed on a face of the optical component (1a). The layer (2) has a variable refractive index and is structured so that a second order derivative of the index with regard to a linear spatial coordinate along the face of the optical component (1a) is greater than a fixed threshold. The layer (2) makes it possible to alter the optical power and astigmatism of the lens (10) with regard to corresponding values only relative to the optical component (1). In the event that the ophthalmic lens (10) is a progressive lens, the layer (2) makes it possible to change an addition, a length of progression and/or a design of the progressive lens. |
238 |
Custom monomers and polymers for spectacle lenses |
US11726055 |
2007-03-20 |
US20080071002A1 |
2008-03-20 |
Jagdish Jethmalani; Gomaa Abdel-Sadek; Jeffrey Chomyn; Erdem Cetin; Lawrence Sverdrup; Shawn McCarty; Junhao Ge |
Monomers and polymers used in making spectacle lenses are disclosed. A thermal curing process is disclosed that includes a latent thermal cationic acid generator and optionally a cationic photoinitiator. |
239 |
EYEGLASS MANUFACTURING METHOD USING VARIABLE INDEX LAYER |
US11830736 |
2007-07-30 |
US20070268452A1 |
2007-11-22 |
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. |
240 |
Method for Producing an Ophthalmic Lens and an Optical Component for Carrying Out Said Method |
US11571324 |
2005-06-28 |
US20070247588A1 |
2007-10-25 |
Jean-Paul Cano; Paul Coudray |
The invention relates to a method for producing an ophthalmic lens exhibiting optical function coexisting in producing an optical component (10) incorporating at least one type of active material (2) which is distributed in a parallel direction to the surface thereof. Said active material exhibits a radiation-modifiable optical property. The active material (5) portions disposed through the component (10) surface are, afterwards, selectively irradiated in such a way that the optical function is obtainable by modulating said property from one portion to another one, wherein the sizes of said portions are less than 1 mm. |