Corneal remodelling contact lenses and methods of treating refractive error using corneal remodelling

US8992010B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited · AU

Inventors

• Arthur Ho · Sydney, AU
• Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg · Sydney, AU
• Brien Anthony Holden · Sydney, AU
• Percy Fabian Lazon · Sydney, AU
• Xiang Chen · New Brunswick, US
• Fabian Conrad · Sydney, AU
• Earl Leo Smith, III · Houston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02C2202/24
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Contact lenses are described with a corneal remodelling effect. This corneal remodelling effect is one or both of broad-area corneal remodelling and localised remodelling. The contact lenses may also have a refractive power. The refractive power may vary across the lens and for myopia may have increased power centrally. The increased power may be provided over a lens area that has increased thickness due to localised remodelling.