摘要:
A contact lens material which is lipophobic, easily machined and is oxygen permeable which comprises a copolymer comprising from 25% to 50% by weight of a polysiloxanylalkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid, from 40% to 69% by weight of a fluorinated styrene, from 4% to 7% of a hydrophilic monomer, from 2% to 5% of a suitable cross-linking agent and from 0% to 2% of a UV absorber.
摘要:
A method of forming single-piece intraocular lenses comprising the steps of forming a thin sheet of colored polymethyl methacrylate, coring the sheet to form holes therein, filling the holes with a clear or differently colored PMMA material, polymerizing the colored and clear or differently colored PMMA material comprising the sheet and filled holes, cutting core members from the polymerized sheet each having an inner circular region of PMMA material and an outer region of colored PMMA material and machining a single-piece intraocular lens from a core member to have a central lens body of PMMA material and colored PMMA positioning loops extending from and integral with the central lens body.
摘要:
Many modern implantable ophthalmic devices include electronic components, such as electro-active cells, that can leak harmful substances into the eye and/or surrounding tissue. In the implantable ophthalmic devices disclosed herein, electronic components are hermetically scaled within cavities formed by bonding together two or more glass wafers. Bonding the glass wafers together with laser fusion bonding, pressure bonding, or anodic bonding creates a seal that leaks at a rate of less than about 5×10−12 Pa m3 s−1 when subjected to a helium leak test. Hermetically sealed feedthroughs formed of conductive material running through channels in the wafers provide electrical connections to components inside the sealed cavities. In some cases, the conductive material has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is roughly equal to (e.g., within 10% of) the CTE of the glass wafers to minimize leakage due to thermally induced expansion and contraction of the conductive material and the glass wafer.
摘要翻译:许多现代可植入眼科装置包括可将有害物质渗入眼睛和/或周围组织的电子部件,例如电活性细胞。 在本文公开的可植入眼科装置中,电子部件通过将两个或更多个玻璃晶片结合在一起形成的空腔内被气密地缩放。 通过激光熔接,压力粘合或阳极接合将玻璃晶片结合在一起形成密封,当进行氦气泄漏测试时,密封件以小于约5×10-12 Pa m3 s-1的速率泄漏。 由导电材料形成的密封馈通通过晶片中的通道提供电连接到密封空腔内的组件。 在一些情况下,导电材料的热膨胀系数(CTE)大致等于玻璃晶片的CTE的(例如,在10%以内),以最小化由于导致导电材料的热诱导的膨胀和收缩引起的泄漏, 玻璃晶片。
摘要:
A wrist implant requires minimal resection of the distal radius and preserves the sigmoid notch and articulation with the head of the distal ulna. The wrist implant generally includes a radius portion, a carpal portion and a carpal ball. The wrist implant includes a primary articulation and a secondary rotational articulation. The primary articulation occurs between the radius portion and the carpal ball. The secondary articulation occurs between the carpal ball and the carpal portion.
摘要:
Methods for filling an internal volume of a liquid filled lens mechanism with fluid are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include creating a vacuum within the internal volume, de-aerating the fluid, filling the vacuum in the internal volume with the de-aerated fluid, and sealing the internal volume. In some embodiments, the methods include elevating a temperature of the fluid prior to sealing the internal volume. In some embodiments, the internal volume is formed by a structure having at least one flexible component.
摘要:
A sensor system includes at least two sensors for distinguishing accommodative stimuli from changes in ambient lights levels and task-induced changes in the pupil diameter. When implanted, the first sensor is disposed completely within the pupil; even when fully constricted, the pupil does not occlude the first sensor, allowing the sensor to make precise measurements of ambient luminous flux levels. The pupil occludes part of the second sensor's active area(s) as the pupil dilates and constricts. As a result, the second sensor measures both ambient luminous flux and pupil diameter. A processor estimates the pupil diameter and determines whether it's changing in response to accommodative stimuli or other factors by comparing to predetermined values. The sensor system sends a signal to an optical component, which in turn can respond by changing optical power to focus for near vision upon detection of accommodative stimuli.
摘要:
Astigmatism is an optical aberration that displaces the eye's vertical focal plane with respect to its horizontal focal plane. This displacement in focal planes, which may be caused by an irregularly shaped cornea and/or crystalline lens, causes images to appear blurry. Astigmatism can be corrected by implanting an optic, such as section of a spherical lens, whose projection onto a plane perpendicular to the optical axis is noncircular (e.g., rectangular or elliptical). Because the optic is noncircular, it provides more optical power along one axis than along another axis. As a result, it introduces an astigmatism that can be used to offset or compensate the eye's corneal and/or lenticular astigmatism when aligned properly with respect to the principal meridians of the cornea and/or crystalline lens.
摘要:
An optical and mechanical design of a sealed, non-round fluid-filled lens capable of providing variation of optical power. The fluid lens includes at least three optical components: at least one mostly rigid optical disc, at least one mostly flexible optical membrane and a layer of a transparent fluid that is in communication via a fluid channel with a reservoir of excess fluid contained in a reservoir that can be accessed to augment the fluid volume inside the fluid lens to change the power of the fluid lens. The fluid lens is capable of providing correction of spherical and astigmatic errors, and utilizes contoured membranes to minimize image aberrations.
摘要:
An ophthalmic lens including an electro-active optical element including a substrate; a liquid crystalline material; and at least one first layer. The at least one first layer can include a layer of silicon oxide (SiOx) disposed between the liquid crystalline material and the substrate, and deposited onto a surface of the substrate at an oblique angle in reference to a plane normal to the mean surface of the substrate facing the liquid crystalline material.
摘要:
A variable focus optical apparatus including a rigid, curved, transparent optical component; two transparent, distensible membranes attached to a periphery of the rigid optical component to define two cavities, a first cavity between the rigid optical component and a first membrane and a second cavity between the first membrane and a second membrane; and a variable amount of fluid filling each of the cavities, and a reservoir containing additional fluid and in fluid communication with the cavity, wherein the reservoir is configured to provide injection of fluid into the cavity or withdrawal of fluid out of the cavity in response to a force or an impulse.