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Manufacture of ophthalmic lenses by excimer laser

US5061840A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 1990
Grant dateOct 29, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2010

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 and focusing optics.

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