Contact lenses and methods for reducing conjunctival pressure in contact lens wearers
US7360890B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 7, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02C7/04
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Contact lenses, such as silicone hydrogel contact lenses, which are effective in reducing conjunctival pressure, and conjunctival epithelial flap formation or occurrence of a lens wearer's eye, and methods of reducing conjunctival pressure by a contact lens and/or formation of conjunctival epithelial flap formation are described. The present contact lenses reduce the interaction and/or pressure of the contact lens, or portion thereof, with or on the conjunctiva of a lens wearer's eye.
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