摘要:
Methods for making optical quality plastics lenses with photochromic additives are described. According to a first embodiment of the invention, a casting resin is containing photochromic additives is arranged between a mold and a lens preform and then cured. According to a second embodiment of the invention, a casting resin substantially free of photochromic additives is arranged between a mold and a lens preform and then cured. The resin is then impregnated with photochromic additives. In a third embodiment, a layering resin containing a photochromic additive is provided on the surface of a mold and cured to a gel state. Then, a casting resin that is substantially free of photochromic additives is arranged between the coated mold and a lens preform and cured. According to a fourth embodiment, a casting resin that is substantially free of photochromic additive is provided on the surface of a mold and cured to a gel state. Then, a casting resin containing photochromic additives is arranged between the coated mold and a lens preform and cured.
摘要:
A method is provided for casting a progressive addition lens from: a mold incorporating a spherical portion and an add zone; a preformed lens having a convex curvature correlated with the concave curvature of the mold; and a polymerizable resin. The method includes the steps of: placing a predetermined volume of resin into a cavity of the mold; placing the preformed lens into the mold such that a layer of resin spreads out and covers any intervening space between the lens and the mold; and displacing superiorly or nasally by a predetermined magnitude the optical center of the preformed lens with respect to the geometrical center of the mold.
摘要:
A method for making a finished aspheric single vision, spherical or aspheric bifocal, multifocal or progressive addition contact lens includes the step of fitting a patient requiring a near correction with a single vision spherical or aspheric contact lens for optimal distance vision and comfortable fit. The patient is then over-refracted to determine the required near correction to be embodied in the contact lens. A portion of the optic corresponding to the center location of the pupil is marked on the convex side of the optic to form an optical preform. The optical preform is removed from the eye of the patient and the concave side of the optical preform is marked at a position corresponding to the mark on the convex side that denotes the center of the pupil. The mark disposed on the convex side of the optical preform is removed. A specified volume of polymerizable resin is placed in a mold embodying the required correction, which includes an add power zone so that the resin fills the intervening space between the mold and the optical preform. The add power zone is aligned on the optical preform to a predetermined position with respect to the mark on the optical preform designating the center of the pupil. The resin is then polymerized the optical preform is demolded to obtain the finished contact lens having the required correction.
摘要:
An optical lens of an acrylic polymer having an outermost surface modified in morphology to possess desired characteristics of low surface energy and high biological inertness. The modified surface is achieved by removing only molecular level irregularities in the outermost surface of an acrylic polymer optical lens body. The surface removal and smoothing process involves the steps of surface preparation and surface passivation. In surface preparation, the surface of the lens body is treated to render it wettable by a surface passivation reagent. In surface passivation, the surface prepared optical lens body is immersed in a surface passivation reagent which removes weakly bound water molecules from the outermost surface of the lens body and reorganizes or smoothes at the molecular level irregularities at the surface of the optical lens body.
摘要:
The novel compound of the formula ##STR1## has been found to be useful as a UV absorber. A novel PMMA material has incorporated therein a UV absorbing amount of the novel UV absorber. Intraocular lenses and contact lenses are produced from PMMA having incorporated therein a UV absorbing amount of the novel UV absorber.Eyeglasses are produced having lenses of a polycarbonate material which has incorporated therein a UV absorbing amount of the novel UV absorbed.
摘要:
A deformable-elastic intraocular lens comprising a deformable-elastic lens body of crosslinked acrylic material formed of copolymers of methacrylate and acrylate esters which are relatively hard and relatively soft at body temperature, crosslinked with a diacrylate ester to produce an acrylic copolymer having a substantially tack-free surface, a crosslink density of between 0.5.times.10.sup.-2 and 1.5 .times.10.sup.-2 moles per liter, and glass transition temperature in the range of -30.degree. C. to 25.degree. C., a tensile modulus between 1000 and 3000 psi and a elongation a break of 100% or greater.
摘要:
A new polycarbonate copolymer resin is formed by internal generation of stabilizers bound to the polymer chain. Irradiation of a solid piece or a deoxygenated solution of the resin at a first frequency below 300 nm generates 2 to 8 mol percent of phenyl salicylate groups which are rearranged to dihydroxybenzophenone groups by irradiating the resin under oxygen excluding conditions at a second frequency from 300 to 320 nm.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for detecting optical radiation by optically monitoring temperature changes in a microvolume caused by absorption of optical radiation to be detected. More specifically, a thermal lens-forming material is provided which has first and second opposite, substantially parallel surfaces. A reflective coating is formed on the first surface, and a radiation-absorbing coating is formed on the reflective coating. Chopped, incoming optical radiation to be detected is directed to irradiate a small portion of the radiation-absorbing coating. Heat generated in this small area is conducted to the lens-forming material through the reflective coating, thereby raising the temperature of a small portion of the lens-forming material and causing a thermal lens to be formed therein. The thus-formed thermal lens is optically detected by irradiating the thermal lens by a collimated light beam. The light beam, after having passed through the thermal lens, is reflected by the reflective coating back through the thermal lens, and directed by a beam splitter to an optical detector. In a further embodiment of the invention, the optical radiation to be detected is passed through a template, thereby defining a plurality of areas on the radiation absorbing coating to be irradiated. A corresponding template is provided in a spread, collimated light beam to define a plurality of coherent light beams, each of which passes through a thermal lens in the lens-forming material. Each beam is then reflected by the reflective coating, passes back through the thermal lens, and is directed by a beam splitter to an optical detector. The invention is particularly useful as a broadband infrared detector.
摘要:
Microspheres are produced by cobalt gamma radiation initiated polymerization of a dilute aqueous vinyl pyridine solution. Addition of cross-linking agent provides higher surface area beads. Addition of monomers such as hydroxyethylmethacrylate acrylamide or methacrylamide increases hydrophilic properties and surface area of the beads. High surface area catalytic supports are formed in the presence of controlled pore glass substrate.
摘要:
An electro-active optical cell is described including a layer of electro-active material, a front glass substrate member, and a back glass substrate member. The optical cell is capable of independently providing changeable optical power with the application of an electrical potential. The cell is also configured to be affixed to an external surface of a plastic substrate and to provide the changeable optical power, with at least one of the front substrate or the back substrate of the optical cell being an outermost optical layer. The layer of electro-active material may have a thickness less than 10 μm, and the glass substrate members may each have a thickness approximately between 20 μm and 500 μm.