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Manufacture of ophthalmic lenses by excimer laser

US4842782A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 14, 1986
Grant dateJun 27, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2011/0016
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Complex small objects such as ophthalmic lenses are quickly and accurately fabricated from plastic or glass blanks of ablatable material such as plastic or glass by cutting, shaping, and radiusing the blank entirely by laser light, using appropriate masks and focusing optics.

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