Lens edge features for determing lens placement and alignment
US10488675B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02C7/048
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A contact lens having a lens edge defining an outer periphery of the contact lens, an optic zone positioned within the lens edge designed to provide corrective vision for a patient, a Lens Center having a vertical axis and a horizontal axis passing therethrough, and first and second fiducial indicators present at first and second different locations around the lens edge. The first and second fiducial indicators each include at least one recess into or at least one projection extending outwardly from the lens edge and are different from one another.
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