Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 02/07

20070040987 - Method for manufacturing spectacles frames: A method for manufacturing spectacles frames includes the steps of: 1. fabricating elements of the spectacles frames; 2. performing surface treatment by boiling off; 3. performing surface treatment with a germanium alloy; and 4. assembling. The spectacles frames thus formed have physical characteristics of germanium. Hence the spectacles frames have... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070040988 - Binocular glasses: This present invention relates to having binocular glasses. No one has ever made hands-free easy to use binocular glasses. There is a need that we will fill with our design by providing others at sporting events, including but not limited basketball, baseball, hockey, football, racing, operas, plays, and other entertainment... Agent: Taylor Carthern

20070035693 - Contact lenses and methods for reducing conjunctival pressure in contact lens wearers: Contact lenses, such as silicone hydrogel contact lenses, which are effective in reducing conjunctival pressure, and conjunctival epithelial flap formation or occurrence of a lens wearer's eye, and methods of reducing conjunctival pressure by a contact lens and/or formation of conjunctival epithelial flap formation are described. The present contact lenses... Agent: Frank J. Uxa

20070035694 - Light filtering nonprescription temporary reading glasses: One possible embodiment of the invention could be nonprescription temporary reading glasses comprised of frame holding a set of lenses, the frame being adapted to hold the lenses in proper orientation in relation to the wear's eyes. The lenses having equal powers of magnification, the magnification not being set to... Agent: Carolyn Keller

20070035695 - Improved reading eyeglasses: Non-prescription eyeglasses are disclosed. The eyeglasses include lenses having a region having increased convexity and magnification. The region is preferably centered below a horizontal on the lenses. Thus, a wedge shape is created. The thicker portion of the wedge is oriented toward the upper and inner side of the lenses,... Agent: Law Office Of Marc D. Machtinger, Ltd.

20070035697 - Apparatus and method for determining centering data for spectacles: An apparatus (3) for determining centering data for eyeglasses (2) comprises a fixation device (5) and a recording unit (4) that can be triggered by a computer, records electronic images, and is disposed behind a divider element (8). The fixation device (5) produces at least one speckle pattern. The speckles... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070035696 - Series of progressive ophthalmic lenses with low divergence and rotation of astigmatism: An ophthalmic lens and a method for producing a progressive ophthalmic lens having at least one progressive surface, where by a calculation and optimization step in the production of the progressive lens is performed. The absolute value of the rotation |rot {right arrow over (A)}| and/or the divergence |div {right... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070035698 - Lenses capable of post-fabrication power modification: The present invention relates to lenses that are capable of post-fabrication power modifications. In general, the inventive lenses comprise (i) a first polymer matrix and (ii) a refraction modulating composition that is capable of stimulus-induced polymerization dispersed therein. When at least a portion of the lens is exposed to an... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Fulbright Tower

20070030440 - Adjustable focus eyeglasses with pivot adjustments: A pair of adjustable focus eyeglasses having two lens units with at least one of the lens units having at least two lens elements. A mechanism is provided to pivot, about a pivot location outside each of the two lens elements, the position of at least one of the two... Agent: Trex Enterprises Corp.

20070030441 - Quick-coupled and adjustable temple for glasses: A quick-coupled and adjustable temple for glasses includes a coupler defining a forward opened receiving cavity and having two short shafts vertically projected from an upper and a lower front end of the coupler for engaging with two shaft holes correspondingly provided at a lateral outer end of an adjacent... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070030442 - Eyeglasses having a camera: One embodiment pertains to a pair of glasses with a camera. For example, the camera can be partially or fully embedded in the glasses. In another embodiment, the camera can be removably attached to the glasses, such as removably attached to a temple of the glasses. The glasses can also... Agent: Ipventure, Inc.

20070030443 - Opthalmic sensor: This invention is generally related to a biocompatible sensor for detecting/measuring sugar, especially glucose, in an ocular fluid in a non-invasive or minimally invasive manner and a method for using the biocompatible sensor. A biocompatible sensor of the invention comprises, consists essentially, or consists of an ophthalmic device comprising a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070030444 - Optical accommodative compensation system: The optical system presents accommodation compensation, the system including in combination two multifocal lenses, one of them being an aperture lens and the other a field lens.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070030445 - Progressive addition lenses with reduced unwanted astigmatism: The invention provides lenses in which the maximum unwanted astigmatism is reduced and distributed over a wide area.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070030446 - Digital eye camera: A digital camera that combines the functions of the retinal camera and/or corneal camera into one, single, small, easy to use instrument includes features such as image and laser spot stabilization, an LED light source, stereo corneal imaging, polarizing reflection reduction, visual function testing, and so on.... Agent: Law Office Of Charles E. Krueger

20070030450 - Automated fundus imaging system: An apparatus for obtaining a retinal image of an eye has a control logic processor (214) for executing a sequence of operations for obtaining the image. A visual target (162) orients the eye of a patient when viewed. An indicator element (410) provides a signal that indicates that the patient... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070030447 - Eyeground observation device and eyeground observation method: It is possible to improve the quality of an image of an eyeground, thereby acquiring an optimal image. An eyeground observation system (3) acquires an eyeground image via a compensation optical section (70) correcting the image of the eyeground obtained by illumination of an eyeground illumination system (2). A wave... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070030451 - Fundus camera: The present invention provides a fundus camera which comprises an illumination optical system (10) for projecting an illumination light to a fundus (Ef) of a subject's eye; photographing devices (6a, 6b) for photographing the fundus (Ef); and light-receiving optical systems (20, 30), which include a focus lens (21) disposed in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070030449 - Fundus camera having curved mirror objective: An apparatus (50) for obtaining an image of the eye, has a light source (114) for providing an incident illumination and an apertured mirror (104) for directing at least a portion of the incident illumination along an optical axis. A curved objective mirror (102) directs the incident illumination received along... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070030448 - Illumination unit for fundus cameras and/or ophthalmoscopes: The present invention is directed to an optical device for the observation and documentation of the ocular fundus and is preferably provided for fundus cameras. In order to generate a uniform illumination of the fundus by transillumination of the sclera in the illumination unit, according to the invention, for fundus... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070024804 - Adjustable tensioning system for rimless eyewear: Eyewear has a wire that encircles each of a pair of lenses respectively. A tensioning assembly can adjust and tension the wire. Two variations of tensioning assemblies are shown. One tensioning assembly has a spool on which a portion of the wire is wound. Another tensioning assembly has an insert... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070024805 - Clip sunglasses for cap/sunvisor: Clip sunglass lenses where a flip-up retention angle of a glass lens (4) is adjustable in a stepped manner and is reliably positioned at optimum positions. Clip sunglass lenses have a clip (1), an insertion member (2), a level-adjusting member (3), and a level-adjusting member (5). The clip (1) has... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070024806 - Protective eyewear including auxiliary lenses: An eyewear assembly includes an outer first frame, at least one outer first lens, an inner second frame, and at least one inner second lens. The assembly includes a mechanism for holding the first frame and first lens in front of a user's face. The second frame has a mechanism... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20070024807 - Glow in the dark, heat sensitive color changing ear pieces or nose rest: A set of eyeglasses wherein the nose rest and/or earpiece changes color when exposed to body heat. The nose rest and/or earpiece may contain a thermochromic material that is brightly colored and/or glow in the dark when not being worn and then when the eyeglasses are being worn, the material... Agent: Law Office Of John D. Pemberton

20070024808 - Ophthalmic device lateral positioning system and associated methods: A system and method for determining a lateral position of an eye relative to an ophthalmic device are disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes receiving data comprising an image of a surface of an eye. An edge feature in the image is located, wherein the edge feature is in... Agent: Alcon