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Optical element for converting a single-vision lens to a progressive lens

US11719959B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 2020
Grant dateAug 8, 2023
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C2202/16
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus and methods are described including a corrective optical element having a thickness and/or a curvature that is different in different regions of the corrective optical element, such that the corrective optical element is configured, upon being adhered to any one of a plurality of differently-shaped optically-corrective single-vision lenses, to change a focal length of the optically-corrective single-vision lens differently in different regions of the optically-corrective single-vision lens. The corrective optical element is shapeable such that the corrective optical element can conform with a shape of any one of the plurality of differently-shaped optically-corrective single-vision lenses. Other applications are also described.

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