Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 01/07

20070019155 - Contact lenses: A contact lens having a rotational stabilization mechanism thereon, such as prism ballast, and a thickness profile that reduces the torque imparted on the lens by the action of the eyelids, especially for stabilizing toric lenses. The prism ballast is provided on one or more portions of the anterior face... Agent: Frank J. Uxa

20070019153 - Multifocal contact lens: A contact lens formed from a transparent material having front and rear surfaces, wherein the rear surface has a base curve which is adapted to fit an eye of a wearer of the lens. The front surface has a central zone which has two different cylindrical curvatures which generate first... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070019154 - Multifocal contact lens: A contact lens formed from a transparent material having front and rear surfaces, wherein the rear surface has a base curve which is adapted to fit an eye of a wearer of the lens. The front surface has a central zone which has two different cylindrical curvatures which generate first... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070019156 - Optomechanical and digital ocular sensor reader systems: System, methods, and devices are described for eye self-exam. In particular, optomechanical and digital ocular sensor reader systems are provided. The optomechanical system provides a device for viewing an ocular sensor implanted in one eye with the other eye. The digital ocular sensor system is a digital camera system for... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070019157 - Vision modification with reflected image: Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some embodiments, vision modification may be responsive to the current state of the user's visual system. Certain embodiments provide correction of the subject's... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070019158 - Corneal topography slit image alignment via analysis of half-slit image alignment: A corneal topography slit image alignment system 10, includes a half-slit projector 14 for projecting half-slit images onto a patient's eye 16. Half-slit images 28 and 30 are aligned into a single slit image. A camera 18 captures an image of the aligned slit image. Processor 20 including a memory... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070019159 - Deforming method for deformable mirror, aberration compensation method for optical apparatus, aberration compensation method of ocular fundus observation apparatus, aberration compensation apparatus, optical apparatus and ocular funds observation apparatu: A deforming method for a deformable mirror having plural electrodes and a reflective membrane which are distorted by static voltages. The Zernike voltage template used to deform a deformable mirror is adapted for aberration correction by calibrating each component template according to the specificity of the mirror. The voltages applied... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070019160 - Ring light fundus camera: An ophthalmoscope for viewing a fundus of an eye includes an optical lens, a ring light source configured to project light along an illumination path through the optical lens into the eye, a viewing optical system configured to view the fundus through the optical lens along a viewing optical path,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070019161 - Eye measurement system providing for integration of elevation data and pachymetry data: An eye measurement system 10 includes a placido device 12 for obtaining elevation data of a patient's eye. A slit beam system 14 obtains pachymetry data of the eye. A computer processor 16 connected to the placido device 12 and the slit beam system 14 integrates the elevation data with... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070013863 - Attachable magnetic eyeglasses and method of making same: A supplemental lens unit is used on or in combination with a pair of eyeglasses. Lens unit comprises a bridge having at least one prong on each of two ends. Two supplemental lenses are connected by holes positioned near a nasal portion thereof through which prongs protrude. At least one... Agent: Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

20070013864 - Utility tools and apparatus and methods for securing utility tools: A tool system comprising eyeglasses and a tool magnetically coupled together.... Agent: Jimmy Mark Gilbreth

20070013865 - Illuminated reading glasses: An illumination system and method are provided for use in conjunction with eyewear that includes a light source, a power switch configured to connect the light source to a power source and a light output configurable to be embedded within the eyewear, and to direct light to a remote location.... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20070013866 - Pupil detection device and iris suthentication apparatus: Pupil candidate detection unit for detecting positions of pupil candidates in an eye image; and luminance difference calculation unit for obtaining a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of an image data of an eye image on a circumference of a circle having a center at center... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070013867 - Fundus camera: A fundus camera, in which operability is improved while not impairing the convenience of the function of automatic alignment, has a photographing part including a fundus photographing optical system, a moving unit which moves the photographing part, an observation optical system having a first image-pickup element which picks up a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070013868 - Method and apparatus for detecting abnormalities in spatial perception: An apparatus for detecting abnormalities in spatial perception that consists of a first transparent screen in a close-vision field and a second screen seen through the first one and located in a far-vision field of a person being tested. The apparatus is provided with devices for forming images selectively on... Agent: Vitali Tikhonov

20070013869 - Hybrid contact lens system and method: A hybrid contact lens comprises a central zone comprising a substantially rigid, gas permeable material having a DK of at least 30, a relatively soft peripheral zone and an intermediate zone comprising a film or coating that is created around the central zone, and then cured. The film facilitates chemical... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070013870 - Ophthalmic testing unit and ophthalmic testing equipment: When a Landolt ring optotype is presented in a visual acuity testing unit, an examinee answers a position of a slit of the optotype through an operation of a joystick lever or the like. If an examinee gives a right answer within a standard time at a first presentation of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070008482 - Eyeglasses: A pair of eyeglasses comprising a half-rim frame including a groove, and two cavities formed at its endpieces; a lens including two tabs at both ends, the tabs being adapted to snugly fit in the cavities; a nosepad including a flexible member and a soft member integrally formed around the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070008484 - Eyeglasses with detachable adjustable electronics module: A detachable adjustable electronics module may be removably or permanently connected to eyewear. The module may include electronics for processing audio and/or video signals. The module may be provided with an adjustable arm, for adjustably carrying a speaker. The module and/or the speaker may be adjusted relative to the wearer... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070008483 - Fastening structure between a lens and a frame of a pair of spectacles: A fastening structure for a lens and a frame of a spectacles includes a resin lens and a metal frame. A plurality of slots is defined in the lens. A plurality of pins each with a shank and a head is mounted on the frame and respectively positioned in the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070008485 - Polarized optical element having differentiated transmittance properties for use in eye-protecting devices: A polarized optical element is disclosed comprising an upper portion and a lower portion defined at opposite parts with respect to a median line passing through the geometric center of the optical element, wherein: a) in the upper portion and at a distance of at least 10 mm from the... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20070008486 - Lenses removably secured to an eyewear platform: Eyewear is provided having lenses that are removably secured to an eyewear platform. The eyewear platform has a bridge portion, a pair of temple extensions and at least one socket extending therefrom with a first mating surface accessible on an upper side of the platform and a second mating surface... Agent: Trojan Law Offices

20070008487 - Bolt for spectacles: A bolt for spectacles has a head formed in a first end thereof and a threaded shank formed in a second end thereof, a nut threadedly mounted on the shank, and an arcuate lug formed in the shank whereby the bolt for the spectacles is inserted into and positions a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070008488 - Individual single vision spectacles: The invention relates to a method of producing a single-strength spectacle lens while taking into account an individual spectacle wearer's data, the single-strength spectacle lens having a rotationally symmetrical base surface and a rotationally symmetrical aspherical or atoric prescription surface, comprising the following steps: Acquisition of an individual spectacle wearer's... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070008489 - Ophthalmic lens: An ophthalmic lens has a complex surface with a fitting cross, a progression meridian having a power addition greater than or equal to 1.5 diopters between far vision and near vision reference points. The complex surface has within a circle of radius 20 mm centred on the geometrical centre of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070008490 - Eye refractive power measurement device: The present invention provides a compound device having an eye refractive power measurement function and an eye accommodation function state measurement function, preventing an increase in size and cost in comparison with a known eye refractive power measurement device, and convenient for the operator even when the measurement type is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070008491 - Online wavefront measurement and display: A fast algorithm is presented which allows for substantially simultaneous acquisition, analysis, and display of a wavefront centroid image, referred to as online aberrometry. A method embodiment involves determination of an average, or most frequently occurring, wavefront aberration over a selected time interval, e.g., 20 sec. Online pupil diameter measurement... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070008492 - Method and apparatus for measuring operating visual acuity: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for measuring operating vision. An optotype mark is displayed (step 103). A subject's response to the optotype mark is accepted via an input device (step 104). A determination is made as to whether or not the response is correct (step 105). When... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070008493 - Method and vision testing apparatus for determining the necessity of a vision aid during darkness and/or twilight as well as a set of vision aids: A method and a vision test apparatus determine the necessity of a vision aid during darkness and/or twilight. Also, a set of vision aids are referred to. The daylight defective vision is measured at at least one value of high luminance=10 cd/m2 and the night defective vision is measured at... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070002272 - Eyeglass appliance, eyeglass component and eyeglass frame: An eyeglass appliance is provided with an eyeglass lens and an eyeglass frame. The eyeglass frame includes a lens retaining structure configured to engage with an edge portion of the lens to retain the lens. The lens retaining structure has magnetic properties completely through a cross-section of the lens retaining... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070002271 - Glass frames: A glasses (100) frame (; 11), comprising a core (2) exhibiting an elastic deformability such as to allow the easy wearing on of the glasses by a user and an outer coating (3; 30) coupled to the core (2) allowing the resulting temple to preserve the elastic deformability properties of... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A.

20070002273 - Universal clip-on eyeglasses: This invention relates to one kind of universal clip-on eyeglasses that is used on optical frames. The clip-on glasses is comprised of a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism clamps onto the bridge of the bottom eyeglasses through a stretchable clip. The two ends of the clamping mechanism are connected to... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070002274 - Presbyopia correction through negative high-order spherical aberration: Devices, systems, and methods for treating and/or determining appropriate prescriptions for one or both eyes of a patient are particularly well-suited for addressing presbyopia, often in combination with concurrent treatments of other vision defects. High-order spherical aberration may be imposed in one or both of a patient's eyes, often as... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070002275 - Method and system for local adaptive detection of microaneurysms in digital fundus images: A local adaptive method is proposed for automatic detection of microaneurysms in a digital ocular fundus image. Multiple subregions of the image are automatically analyzed and adapted to local intensity variation and properties. A priori region and location information about structural features such as vessels, optic disk and hard exudates... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070002276 - Apparatus and method for measuring spectrum image data of eyeground: The object of the invention is to provide a favorable spectral characteristic that reduces variation depending on the frequency of received light intensity, and that is gentle on a subject eye. It also eliminates displacement between positions of respective spectral images of the same part even if a change in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070002277 - Ophthalmic apparatus: An ophthalmic apparatus capable of obtaining various kinds of ocular information on an examinee's eye by itself without contacting the eye. The ophthalmic apparatus has a first projection optical system which makes first light with short coherence length converge at a fundus of the eye, a second projection optical system... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070002278 - Method for reproducing a fixation mark for ophthalmological therapeutic equipment: The present invention is directed to a fixation mark which is to be displayed to the patient in order to prevent unwanted eye movements during the treatment of an eye without taxing the patient's ability to concentrate. In the method according to the invention, the fixation mark which is to... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department