Manufacture of ophthalmic lenses by excimer laser
US5053171A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2011/0016
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- 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 with focusing and imaging optics.
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