Patent · US Expired

Resin ophthalmic lenses having a prismatic segment

US4288149A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 1978
Grant dateSep 8, 1981
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C7/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cast resin ophthalmic lens comprises a homogeneous body defined of cured optical casting resin. The body has a cast optically finished front surface composed of a major surface portion and a minor surface portion. The minor surface portion defines in the front surface, in a selected localized area thereof, a lens segment having a predetermined prismatic optical effect. The major surface portion is a portion of a surface of revolution having a first axis of symmetry and having an effective center of curvature therealong. The minor surface portion is a portion of a surface of revolution having a second axis of symmetry. The first and second axes of symmetry intersect, if at all, at a location on the first axis other than at substantially the center of curvature of the major surface portion.

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