Patent · US Expired

Contact lens

US4084890A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
4References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1975
Grant dateApr 18, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 7, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C7/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A contact lens formed from a soft, flexible, hydrophilic, cross-linked polymeric material. The lens has a centrally located optical zone and an outer peripheral portion that has its maximum thickness intermediate the juncture of that portion with the optical zone and the thin edge of the lens.

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