Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Spectacles and eyeglasses – Ophthalmic lenses or blanks
Patent
1991-04-25
1992-08-25
Sugarman, Scott J.
Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
Spectacles and eyeglasses
Ophthalmic lenses or blanks
351160H, G02C 704
Patent
active
051413019
ABSTRACT:
A translational soft multi-focal contact lens includes a near-vision portion located in the upper approximate one-third of the optical zone of the lens. A thin, upper portion is formed by a base-down prism in the contact lens which is pushed by the upper eyelid to move the lens downwardly in relation to the cornea, with the thickest part of the lens below the upper lid to assist downward movement, as the lower lid moves down. It also translates down in upward gaze, and laterally and down in sidewards and downward gaze.
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