Patent · US Expired

Tinted contact lens and method for making same

US6488376B1 · kind B1 · utility

22Cited by
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50Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 2000
Grant dateDec 3, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C7/046
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods for producing contact lenses for are provided including transferring an iris-simulating pattern to a contact lens substrate. The iris-simulating pattern is obtained from a digitized image of an iris of an eye. Contact lenses including such iris-simulating patterns are also provided.

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