Title:
PROSTHETIC LENSES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/100836
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method of obtaining an impression of an eye, the method comprises preparing an impression material, contacting the impression material with an eye of a subject, obtaining an impression of the eye on the impression material, creating an indication of the orientation of the impression with respect to the eye, and removing the impression material from the eye. The impression can be used in a method of manufacturing a lens for an eye that comprises receiving one or more data files comprising a back lens surface calculation and a front lens surface calculation, forming a back lens surface from a lens blank based on the back lens surface calculation, forming a front lens surface from the lens blank based on the front lens surface calculation, and forming one or more asymmetric features in the back lens surface based on the back lens surface calculation.
Inventors:
SINDT CHRISTINE W (US)
PARKER KETIH D (US)
PARKER KETIH D (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2014/017815
Publication Date:
October 23, 2014
Filing Date:
February 21, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EYEPRINT PROSTHETICS LLC (US)
International Classes:
B29D11/00; G02C7/04
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2010097089A1 | 2010-09-02 |
Foreign References:
| EP2190220A2 | 2010-05-26 |
Other References:
"Contact Lenses, A textbook for Practitioners and Students", 31 December 1984, BUTTERWORTH, London, et al, ISBN: 978-0-40-793274-6, article P. J. MARRIOT: "Ocular impressions and scleral lens fitting", pages: 213 - 236, XP055119338
WINDECKER R ET AL: "TOPOMETRY OF TECHNICAL AND BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS BY FRINGE PROJECTION", APPLIED OPTICS, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC; US, vol. 34, no. 19, 1 July 1995 (1995-07-01), pages 3644 - 3650, XP002924188, ISSN: 0003-6935, DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.003644
WINDECKER R ET AL: "TOPOMETRY OF TECHNICAL AND BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS BY FRINGE PROJECTION", APPLIED OPTICS, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC; US, vol. 34, no. 19, 1 July 1995 (1995-07-01), pages 3644 - 3650, XP002924188, ISSN: 0003-6935, DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.003644
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CONLEY ROSE, P.C. et al. (Suite 500Plano, Texas, US)
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