Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Spectacles and eyeglasses – Ophthalmic lenses or blanks
Patent
1975-04-10
1977-10-25
Rubin, David H.
Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
Spectacles and eyeglasses
Ophthalmic lenses or blanks
204165, 351177, G02C 704
Patent
active
040553787
ABSTRACT:
A contact lens has a concave surface which is adapted to contact the cornea of an eye and a convex surface which is adapted to contact the eyelid. At least the convex surface of the lens possesses hydrophilic characteristics although the concave surface of the lens preferably possesses such characteristics also. In any event, the convex surface of the lens has a greater wettability than the concave surface thereof. The more highly hydrophilic character of the convex surface prevents the deposition thereon of fatty substances carried by the tear fluid which may cause opacity of the lens. The less highly hydrophilic character of the concave surface decreases the forces responsible for maintaining the lens in position in the eye, although not to such an extent that the lens does not remain properly positioned. These forces have been found to be a source of irritation in that they produce the feeling of a foreign body in the eye and the decrease in these forces occasioned by the less highly hydrophilic character of the concave surface of the lens enables this feeling to be eliminated. The concave surface of the lens need not be as highly hydrophilic as the convex surface thereof since the quantity of tear fluid which comes into contact with the concave surface is considerably less than that which comes into contact with the convex surface. The maximum contact angle for the convex surface of the lens, as measured with distilled water, should be about 65.degree.. The surfaces of the lens may be made hydrophilic by chemical means or by bombardment with charged particles.
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Feneberg Paul
Krekeler Ulrich
Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
Rubin David H.
Striker Michael J.
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