Patent · US Expired

Preferential orientation of contact lenses

US4268133A · kind A · utility

107Cited by
3References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1979
Grant dateMay 19, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 11, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C7/048
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved contact lens and method of forming the same which causes the lens to adopt and maintain a particular angular orientation upon the eye of a wearer. One or more characters are formed in relief upon a surface of the lens at a point which is intended as the topmost point in the lens when properly oriented. The relieved characters may be used alone or in combination with previously-known means for effecting orientation of the lens.

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