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Progressive addition lenses

US6183084A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateJul 30, 1998
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C7/061
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to ophthalmic lenses. In particular, the invention provides ophthalmic lenses with reduced astigmatism. The lenses are composed of a surface and a compensating surface, the surface geometries of which are defined by segments of a size suitable to be defined by a tenth order x,y polynomial with Zernike coefficients.

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