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Liquid meniscus lens with concave torus-segment meniscus wall

US8634145B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims

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Assignee

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. · US

Inventors

Randall B. Pugh · Jacksonville, US
Daniel B. Otts · Fruit Cove, US
Adam Toner · Jacksonville, US
Edward R. Kernick · Jacksonville, US
James Daniel Riall · St. Augustine, US
Sharika Snook · St. Augustine, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 2011
Grant date	Jan 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02C7/085
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to a liquid meniscus lens with a meniscus wall. Some specific embodiments include a liquid meniscus lens with a meniscus wall essentially in the shape of a conical frustum with at least a portion of the conical frustum concave toward the optical axis. Embodiments may also include a lens of suitable size and shape for inclusion in a contact lens.

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