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Ophthalmic lens comprising a unique lens identification code

US9274350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

Rene Ochrombel · Bergheim, DE
Jochen Koehler · Nierstein, DE
Dieter Zahn · Großostheim, DE
Roger Biel · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2013
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29D11/00259
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ophthalmic lens (1) has a front surface (2) and a rear surface, each of the front and rear surfaces comprising a central optical zone (4) which is surrounded by a peripheral zone (3). The ophthalmic lens (1) further comprises a unique lens identification code which is arranged in the peripheral zone (3) of one of said front and rear surfaces. The unique lens identification code has the form of an N×M dot matrix (5) comprising N rows and M columns of matrix elements (50), and the N×M dot matrix (5) represents a binary code.

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