Abstract:
Techniques, systems and apparatus are described for implementing a telescopic contact lens. In one aspect, a telescopic contact lens includes an inner lens including optical apertures and aspheric reflectors, an outer lens of a biocompatible material, and a switching device that rapidly switches between normal and telescopic vision. The optical apertures of the inner lens includes a center aperture that allows light to pass through for normal vision and an annular aperture located on the periphery of the inner lens that allows light to enter for telescopic vision, The aspheric reflectors are configured between the annular aperture and the center aperture to reflect the light and magnify a visual image for telescopic vision.
Abstract:
Contact lenses are described with a corneal remodelling effect. This corneal remodelling effect is one or both of broad-area corneal remodelling and localised remodelling. The contact lenses may also have a refractive power. The refractive power may vary across the lens and for myopia may have increased power centrally. The increased power may be provided over a lens area that has increased thickness due to localised remodelling.
Abstract:
An ophthalmic lens, such as an intraocular lens (IOL) (20, 20a, 20b, 100), a phakic IOL or a corneal implant, and a system and method relating to same, having coupled thereto one or more rotationally asymmetric and/or non-continuous diffractive zones (130, 160), such as for providing improved multifocal vision correction.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a non-deforming contact lens comprising a central zone and a peripheral zone, wherein the central zone has a radius of curvature approximately equivalent to a central curvature of an underlying cornea, wherein the central zone is progressively aspheric with an initial zone approximately elliptical and then progressing to a parabolic shape and then to a hyperbolic shape. The peripheral zone reverses the progressive asphericity of the central zone, and includes a terminating local radius that is shorter than a radius at a junction of the central zone and the peripheral zone.
Abstract:
In one aspect, the present invention provides an ophthalmic lens (e.g., an IOL) that includes an optic having an anterior surface and a posterior surface disposed about an optical axis. At least one of the surfaces (e.g., the anterior surface) has a profile characterized by superposition of a base profile and an auxiliary profile. The auxiliary profile can include an inner region, an outer region and a transition region between the inner and the outer regions, where an optical path difference across the transtion region (i.e., the optical path difference between the inner and the outer radial boundaries of the transition region) corresponds to a non-integer fraction (e.g., 1/2) of a design wavelength (e.g., a wavelength of about 550 nm).
Abstract:
Presbyopia in a patient's eye is treated by inducing spherical aberration in the central section of the pupil, while the peripheral section of the pupil is treated in a manner other than the central section of the pupil. For example, the peripheral section of the pupil may remain untreated, or high-order aberration may be controlled, and/or a second area of spherical aberration may be provided with different focus power.
Abstract:
An aspherical contact lens (1), comprising an optical zone (4) and an inner region (5) of the optical zone including the optical axis (X) of the lens. The inner region (5) is shaped in such a way that the dioptric power of every point thereon varies substantially linearly in relation to the distance of that point from the optical axis.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a contact lens having an orientation/stabilization and optionally translation feature that does not provide an prism optical distortion and can effectively maintain a predetermined orientation of the lens on an eye. Like a conventional lens ballast, the orientation feature of the invention works by weighing the lens at its lower half portion, causing it to come to an equilibrium on the eye. With such orientation feature, the optical zone of the anterior surface can be designed independently to provide an optimal visual performance.
Abstract:
A multi-phase contact lens (100) is disclosed. The multi-phase contact lens has multiple zones (Z) with refractive power. One or more of the zones has/have a corresponding added phase (P) based on image-coding principles that improves the depth of field (DOF) as compared to the contact lens without the added phase. The multiple phase components provide additional degrees of freedom to balance and optimize the lens for a given user’s preference.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a contact lens having an orientation/stabilization and optionally translation feature that does not provide an prism optical distortion and can effectively maintain a predetermined orientation of the lens on an eye. Like a conventional lens ballast, the orientation feature of the invention works by weighing the lens at its lower half portion, causing it to come to an equilibrium on the eye. With such orientation feature, the optical zone of the anterior surface can be designed independently to provide an optimal visual performance.