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Method for simulation of visual disabilities

US5777717A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 1996
Grant dateJul 7, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F9/0136
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Contact lenses with contoured anterior surfaces are employed to obtain informed consent from a patient prior to ophthalmic surgery. These modified contact lenses with contoured surfaces, when worn by a patient, will mimic visual distortions which might result from various types of corneal surgery.

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