EP0990191A4 - Contact lens - Google Patents

Contact lens

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Publication number
EP0990191A4
EP0990191A4 EP97916258A EP97916258A EP0990191A4 EP 0990191 A4 EP0990191 A4 EP 0990191A4 EP 97916258 A EP97916258 A EP 97916258A EP 97916258 A EP97916258 A EP 97916258A EP 0990191 A4 EP0990191 A4 EP 0990191A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
contact lens
lens
contact
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP97916258A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0990191A1 (en
Inventor
David M Lieberman
J Grierson
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Scientific Optics Inc
Original Assignee
Scientific Optics Inc
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US08/777,470 external-priority patent/US5880809A/en
Application filed by Scientific Optics Inc filed Critical Scientific Optics Inc
Publication of EP0990191A1 publication Critical patent/EP0990191A1/en
Publication of EP0990191A4 publication Critical patent/EP0990191A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
    • G02C7/00—Optical parts
    • G02C7/02—Lenses; Lens systems ; Methods of designing lenses
    • G02C7/04—Contact lenses for the eyes
    • G02C7/047—Contact lens fitting; Contact lenses for orthokeratology; Contact lenses for specially shaped corneae
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
    • G02C7/00—Optical parts
    • G02C7/02—Lenses; Lens systems ; Methods of designing lenses
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K9/00—Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
    • G02C7/00—Optical parts
    • G02C7/02—Lenses; Lens systems ; Methods of designing lenses
    • G02C7/04—Contact lenses for the eyes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
    • G02C7/00—Optical parts
    • G02C7/02—Lenses; Lens systems ; Methods of designing lenses
    • G02C7/04—Contact lenses for the eyes
    • G02C7/041—Contact lenses for the eyes bifocal; multifocal

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy (AREA)
  • Medicinal Chemistry (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Eyeglasses (AREA)
  • Eye Examination Apparatus (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
EP97916258A 1996-03-15 1997-03-17 Contact lens Withdrawn EP0990191A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US618412 1984-06-07
US61841296A 1996-03-15 1996-03-15
US08/777,470 US5880809A (en) 1996-12-30 1996-12-30 Contact lens
US777470 1996-12-30
PCT/US1997/005279 WO1997034185A1 (en) 1996-03-15 1997-03-17 Contact lens

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0990191A1 EP0990191A1 (en) 2000-04-05
EP0990191A4 true EP0990191A4 (en) 2006-02-15

Family

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Family Applications (1)

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EP97916258A Withdrawn EP0990191A4 (en) 1996-03-15 1997-03-17 Contact lens

Country Status (10)

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EP (1) EP0990191A4 (en)
JP (1) JP2001502810A (en)
KR (1) KR100566600B1 (en)
AU (1) AU731311B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9708072A (en)
IL (1) IL126219A (en)
NO (1) NO984246L (en)
NZ (2) NZ332017A (en)
PL (2) PL185924B1 (en)
WO (1) WO1997034185A1 (en)

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US6340229B1 (en) * 1998-09-08 2002-01-22 Scientific Optics, Inc. Soft contact lens
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EP1147448A4 (en) * 1998-12-16 2008-12-10 Novartis Ag Multifocal contact lens with aspheric surface
US6206520B1 (en) * 1999-03-25 2001-03-27 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Contact lenses with contoured edges
US6176580B1 (en) * 1999-04-02 2001-01-23 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Method of designing and fitting contact lenses taking into account material properties of the lenses
US6511179B1 (en) * 1999-08-11 2003-01-28 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Design of a soft contact lens based upon novel methods of corneal topographic analysis
FR2798744B1 (en) * 1999-09-22 2002-04-05 Essilor Int METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SHAPE OF AN OPHTHALMIC CONTACT LENS FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL ABERRATIONS OF THE EYE BEYOND DEFOCUSING OR ASTIGMATISM AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD
CN1177243C (en) * 2000-06-27 2004-11-24 佳视科学公司 Contact lens, its mfg. and prepn. method and computer programmed products
JP2002250902A (en) * 2001-02-26 2002-09-06 Menicon Co Ltd Method of designing ocular lens and ocular lens obtained by using the same
US6595639B1 (en) * 2000-11-10 2003-07-22 Ocular Sciences, Inc. Junctionless ophthalmic lenses and methods for making same
US7152975B2 (en) * 2000-11-10 2006-12-26 Cooper Vision, Inc. Junctionless ophthalmic lenses and methods for making same
PL373990A1 (en) * 2002-06-03 2005-09-19 Scientific Optics, Inc. Method and system for improving vision
KR20060021331A (en) * 2003-05-30 2006-03-07 사이언티픽 오프틱스 인코포레이티드 Contact lens with shaped periphery
WO2005022242A1 (en) * 2003-08-27 2005-03-10 The Institute For Eye Research Soft lens orthokeratology
PL386800A1 (en) * 2006-03-08 2009-05-11 Scientific Optics, Inc. The manner and device for general sight improvement
JP2009544436A (en) 2006-07-31 2009-12-17 ザ インスティチュート フォー アイ リサーチ How to remodel the cornea and epithelium
WO2009034602A1 (en) * 2007-09-13 2009-03-19 Menicon Co., Ltd. Oxygen permeable hard contact lens
WO2009124040A1 (en) * 2008-04-01 2009-10-08 Scientific Optics, Inc. Universal contact lens posterior surface construction
US20100053548A1 (en) * 2008-08-28 2010-03-04 Perez Jose L Toric Contact Lenses
EP2687896A1 (en) * 2012-07-19 2014-01-22 Jacob Hendrik Van Blitterswijk Method for fitting a scleral lens prosthesis
US9668916B2 (en) 2013-11-04 2017-06-06 Vance M. Thompson Conjunctival cover and methods therefor
US9389434B2 (en) * 2013-11-22 2016-07-12 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Contact lenses with improved oxygen transmission
US9709822B2 (en) 2015-03-11 2017-07-18 Vance M. Thompson Orthokeratology lens with displaced shaping zone
US9869883B2 (en) 2015-03-11 2018-01-16 Vance M. Thompson Tear shaping for refractive correction
US10353220B2 (en) 2016-10-17 2019-07-16 Vance M. Thompson Tear shaping for refractive correction
US10678067B2 (en) 2018-04-06 2020-06-09 Vance M. Thompson Tear shaping for refractive correction
US20200085564A1 (en) 2018-09-18 2020-03-19 Vance M. Thompson Structures and methods for tear shaping for refractive correction

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR908133A (en) * 1944-06-06 1946-04-01 Contact lens clearing sensitive parts of the eye
US2641161A (en) * 1950-12-13 1953-06-09 Samuel W Silverstein Contact lens
US5173723A (en) * 1990-10-02 1992-12-22 Volk Donald A Aspheric ophthalmic accommodating lens design for intraocular lens and contact lens
US5270051A (en) * 1991-10-15 1993-12-14 Harris Donald H Enzyme-orthokeratology
US5349396A (en) * 1991-07-10 1994-09-20 Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. Clear axis, segmented multifocal ophthalmic lens

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US1921972A (en) * 1930-06-28 1933-08-08 Zeiss Carl Fa Contact glass
US2196066A (en) * 1938-03-02 1940-04-02 Feinbloom William Contact lens
US5428412B1 (en) * 1991-08-23 2000-08-08 Contex Inc Method for treating myopia with an aspheric corneal contact lens
US5347326A (en) * 1992-10-05 1994-09-13 Volk Donald A Diagnostic or therapeutic contact lens

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR908133A (en) * 1944-06-06 1946-04-01 Contact lens clearing sensitive parts of the eye
US2641161A (en) * 1950-12-13 1953-06-09 Samuel W Silverstein Contact lens
US5173723A (en) * 1990-10-02 1992-12-22 Volk Donald A Aspheric ophthalmic accommodating lens design for intraocular lens and contact lens
US5349396A (en) * 1991-07-10 1994-09-20 Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. Clear axis, segmented multifocal ophthalmic lens
US5270051A (en) * 1991-10-15 1993-12-14 Harris Donald H Enzyme-orthokeratology

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO9734185A1 *

Also Published As

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NO984246D0 (en) 1998-09-14
NZ332017A (en) 2000-06-23
KR100566600B1 (en) 2006-10-24
AU2348397A (en) 1997-10-01
AU731311B2 (en) 2001-03-29
NO984246L (en) 1998-11-16
EP0990191A1 (en) 2000-04-05
PL328802A1 (en) 1999-02-15
KR19990087807A (en) 1999-12-27
BR9708072A (en) 1999-07-27
NZ504006A (en) 2002-02-01
JP2001502810A (en) 2001-02-27
PL185924B1 (en) 2003-08-29
IL126219A (en) 2003-03-12
IL126219A0 (en) 1999-05-09
WO1997034185A1 (en) 1997-09-18
PL184804B1 (en) 2002-12-31

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