Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 05/07

20070121056 - Eyeglass frames: An eyeglass frame that includes a frame body having a lens support portion, and first and second earstem portions, which extend rearwardly from first and second lateral sides of the lens support portion, respectively. The frame body includes a first member and a second member. The first and second members... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070121057 - Auxiliary spectacles: A auxiliary spectacles provided with a clamping mechanism includes a mechanism body, onto the ends of which the auxiliary spectacles lenses are mounted. The mechanism body between the two lenses of the auxiliary spectacles may be provided with an elastic pushing clamping body. The elastic pushing clamping body may include... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070121058 - Spectable far-sight lens: A spectacle far-sight lens has a flexible property gotten from its material, silica gel, and having a sucking surface formed on an inner surface or an outer surface. Then the far-sight lens can be temporarily attached on an outer surface or an inner surface of a lower section of a... Agent: Chin-fu Chuang

20070121059 - Eyeglasses with lenses changeable: Eyeglasses with lenses changeable include an elongate frame, a nose pad supporter, a lens set and two nose pads. The frame is provided with a lengthwise fitting groove for an upper lengthwise side edge of the lens set to fit therein so that the lens set may be combined removably... Agent: Ching-hae Chiou

20070121060 - Spectacles: The invention relates to a spectacle frame with a rim (1) and with one temple (2) each left and right of it hinged to a connecting element (6) of the rim (1). The temple (2), at its mount proximal end, is provided with three leaf springs (3, 4, 5). The... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070121062 - Glasses: The invention relates to a pair of glasses comprising a temple (1) and a connecting element (8) pertaining to a rim (7), both on the left side and the right side of the pair of glasses. The connecting element (8) is provided with joint elements (11, 13) which co-operate with... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070121061 - Spring hinge for eyeglasses: Disclosed therein is a spring hinge for eyeglasses, which is rotatably connected to an eyeglasses temple or an eyeglasses rim via a hinge pin (30). The eyeglasses spring hinge includes: a first member (10) having resilient means (40) protruding toward the hinge pin (30); and a second member (20) having... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070121063 - Ophthalmic lens: A progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens has a complex surface having a prism reference point, a fitting cross, a progression meridian having a power addition greater than or equal to 1.5 diopters. The lens has, under conditions when being worn: a reduced root mean square, normalized to the addition prescription, of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070121064 - Methods of obtaining ophthalmic lenses providing the eye with reduced aberrations: The present invention discloses methods of obtaining ophthalmic lens capable of reducing the aberrations of the eye comprising the steps of characterizing at least one corneal surface as a mathematical model, calculating the resulting aberrations of said corneal surface(s) by employing said mathematical model, selecting the optical power of the... Agent: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

20070121065 - Device and method for tracking eye gaze direction: Eye-tracking devices and method of operation may utilize a magnetic article associated with an eye and a sensing device to detect a magnetic field generated by the magnetic article.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070121066 - Diagnosing and training the gaze stabilization system: A method for diagnosing impairments of a subject's gaze stabilization system is provided. The method includes measuring the subject's static visual acuity to obtain an assessment, setting at least one test parameter based on the assessment, measuring the subject's dynamic visual acuity using the test parameters to obtain a first... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070121067 - Intraocular pressure and biomechanical properties measurement device and method: A measurement probe for measuring interocular and biomechanical properties pressure is provided. The probe includes an array sensor associated with one end of a housing for application to a corneal area such that an area smaller than the diameter of the array sensor is applanated when area calculations are made... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070121069 - Multiple spot photomedical treatment using a laser indirect ophthalmoscope: A laser indirect ophthalmoscope (LIO) apparatus for photomedical treatment and/or diagnosis is presented. The LIO apparatus allows multiple spot ophthalmic surgery to be performed in a wider range of patient positions and less intrusively than currently available methods. The LIO apparatus utilizes a separate or integral beam multiplier that generates... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070121068 - Portable video oculography system with integral light stimulus system: A goggle based light-weight VOG system includes at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection together with an integral visual light stimulus source. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism... Agent: Blynn L. Shideler The Blk Law Group

20070121070 - Eye mapping: A method of providing an eye diagnosis. The method includes displaying stimuli to a patient, receiving indications of locations in which the stimuli were perceived by the patient, analyzing the spatial relationship between at least some of the received indicated locations and classifying the patient with regard to a retinal... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20070121071 - Method and apparatus for the detection of impaired dark adaptation: The present method describes a new method for the measurement of dark adaptation. The dark adaptation status of subjects may then be used to identify those subjects who are at risk of developing and/or who are currently suffering from a variety of disease states having their clinical manifestations in impaired... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP Intellectual Property Department-nwj

20070115424 - Prescription insert for safety eyewear and conversion kit to make a presciption insert into functional eyeglasses: An optical insert and kit for mounting the optical insert into a pair of protective eyewear and converting the optical insert into stand-alone pair of eyewear is disclosed. The optical insert has a frame with a left lens opening and a right lens opening. The left lens opening and the... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070115426 - Method for preparing a latex with photochromic properties and uses thereof, particularly in ophthalmology: This invention relates to a method for preparing a photochromic latex, photochromic thin films obtained therefrom, and articles coated with such thin films, in particular photochromic ophthalmic lenses.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070115425 - Removeable sun visor magnetically connected to a pair of glasses: A combination of a sun visor, magnetic material attached to the sun visor, a frame for glasses, and magnetic material attached to the frame, wherein the sun visor is magnetically held in a fixed position to the frame for glasses, and the sun visor is detachable from the frame for... Agent: Michael Mcentee

20070115427 - Ring device with optical focusing mechanism: A ring device is adapted for wearing on at least one finger of a user. The ring device includes a wearable main body portion and an optical member that is moveably affixed thereto. The optical member can be positioned in at least two positions: a viewing position, and a storage... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070115428 - Polarized optical lens: This invention relates to a structure improvement for a polarized optical lens, it comprising of an optical lens of certain curvature and a polarized piece, wherein the polarized piece is made up of cellulose protective film, adhesive and polarized thin film, it is pressed to matched curvature as injected and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070115429 - An automatic method of verifying at least one centering characteristic of an opthalmic lens provided with markings: The invention relates to a method of verifying at least one centering characteristic of an ophthalmic lens provided with markings and mounted on a frame, the method comprising the following steps: a) positioning the ophthalmic lens on a support placed facing a pattern filter; b) using a diffuse light source... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070115430 - Ophthalmologic apparatus: An ophthalmologic apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention determines the photography light amount suitable for picking up still images of a fundus and the amplification factor of an image pickup device by obtaining the change in brightness in the fundus.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070115431 - Methods and apparatuses for altering relative curvature of field and positions of peripheral, off-axis focal positions: A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling optical aberrations to alter relative curvature of field by providing ocular apparatuses, systems and methods comprising a predetermined corrective factor to produce at least one substantially corrective stimulus for repositioning peripheral, off-axis, focal points relative to the central, on-axis or axial focal... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070115432 - System and method for optimizing clinical optic prescriptions: An method and system for determining the appropriate refractive prescription in a clinical optometry or ophthalmology setting. Data in the form of aberrometric input, patient history and other information, and/or other environmental data is used to optimize a real-world prescription for an individual's optic needs through the use of a... Agent: Ice Miller

20070109491 - Eyeglasses with a heart rate monitor: A pair of glasses with a heart-rate monitor according to one embodiment. The heart-rate monitor is configured to measure the heart rate of the user of the glasses. The heart-rate monitor can include a sensor with a radiation transmitter and a radiation receiver. The radiation could be infrared radiation. In... Agent: Ipventure, Inc.

20070109490 - Eyewear with clip-on frame and lens: Eyewear includes an outer frame having a right temple arm and a left temple arm. An outer lens is secured to the outer frame. An inner frame is removably secured to one of the outer frame and the outer lens. An inner lens has a nosepiece and is secured to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070109492 - Focus-enhancing blinders: Focus enhancing blinders for usage in sporting activities and other activities that require visual focus and concentration. More particularly, the invention is a perspiration-absorbing headband worn by players of tennis and other sports where hand-eye coordination is critical. In one mode, the headband includes a slot to hold and guide... Agent: Carl J. Abraham

20070109494 - Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer: An eyeglass lens and manufacturing method using a variable refractive index material, such as epoxy. In one embodiment, a method of making an eyeglass lens includes: imaging a patient's eye to determine a wavefront prescription for the patient; and curing the lens based on the wavefront prescription such that the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070109493 - Lens blank, and a method and a mold for fabricating it: The invention relates to a lens blank coming from a mold having a sheet insert placed therein prior to injection, the blank including peripheral ejector marks, the marks lying outside the insert.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070109495 - Contact lens having a uniform horizontal thickness profile: 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

20070109496 - Error-tolerant progressive glas design: A method of producing a progressive spectacle glass by defining an ordering value for the average use value in the far reference point of the progressive spectacle glass, calculating the progressive spectacle glass while taking into account a calculation value of the average use value in the far reference point,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070109497 - Method and device for measuring and correcting aberrations of eye: A device and method for measuring and correcting eye aberrations integrate wavefront sensing, wavefront aberration correction and optometric testing into one another and configure the optical paths of wavefront sensing and optometric testing as aplanatic structures, such that under optometric testing conditions both wavefront sensing and aberration correction can be... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C. Suite 500

20070109498 - Apparatus and method for determining objective refraction using wavefront sensing: An apparatus for determining the objective refraction of a patient's eye includes a transparent window and a wavefront measurement device that determines aberrations in a return beam from the patient's eye after the beam passes through a corrective test lens in the apparatus. The wavefront measurement device outputs an instant... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070109499 - System and method for robust optic disk detection in retinal images using vessel structure and radon transform: A method for optic disk detection in retinal images, includes: extracting a vessel tree from a retinal image; locating an optic disk in the retinal image using the vessel tree; enhancing a contrast of the optic disk; removing vessels from the contrast enhanced optic disk; detecting a boundary of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070103637 - Detachable shelter frame for spectacles: A spectacle set includes a primary spectacle and a detachable shelter frame. The primary spectacle includes two lenses, a primary bridge extended between two inner sides of the lenses respectively. The detachable shelter frame includes two shelter lenses, a shelter bridge extended between two inner sides of the shelter lenses,... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan Suite 128

20070103638 - Cartridge assembly for a retractable eyewear retainer strap: An improved mechanism for extending and retracting a retainer strap for eyewear. The strap is disposed in a cartridge unit such as a box like container which may be inserted into the interior of one or both hollow temples of an eyeglass frame. Alternatively, the strap containing cartridge may be... Agent: John Brandt

20070103639 - Method of manufacturing a mould for producing an optical surface, a method of producing a contact lens and a device for use with these methods: A method of manufacturing a mould for producing a customized optical surface, whereby a mould (1, 2) having a base shape is modified in order to obtain the required shape of the mould. The modificaiton is carried out by means of a lithographic process comprising coating the mould surface with... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070103640 - Ophthalmic lens: Progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens having a power addition prescription and presenting a complex surface having a fitting cross and a principal meridian of progression. The lens has, when being worn, a normalized reduced root mean square deviation of less than 0.025 microns per dioptre over a zone that includes the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070103641 - Measurement of an ophthalmic lens wearer behavior: The present invention relates to the behavior of ophthalmic lens wearers. More specifically, it relates to systems and methods for measuring or characterizing ophthalmic lens wearer behavior.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070103642 - Adaptive optics for compensating for optical aberrations in an imaging process: A device to compensate for asymmetrical aberrations in a beam of light includes at least one dual compensator positioned on the beam path. Structurally, the dual compensator includes two juxtaposed plates, each having a same pattern presented thereon. The patterns, however, are rotated through an angle α relative to each... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20070097314 - Process for the fabrication of optical microstructures: The invention relates to a process for the fabrication of a polymeric optical microstructure, being supported or not by a substrate, starting from a thermoplastic polymer, wherein a thermoplastic polymer is blended with an UV curable resin and a thermally stable photo-initiator, to obtain a blend having a lower viscosity... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070097315 - Methods for improving the hydrophilicity of contact lenses and contact lenses having the same: The present invention relates to contact lenses manufactured using a gas permeable material with improved hydrophilicity. A method for improving the hydrophilicity of the contact lens includes providing a contact lens comprising a gas permeable contact lens material and exposing the material to a treatment solution comprising a chemical agent... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070097316 - Peripherial field expansion device: A spectacle system is disclosed for shifting the field expansion property of peripheral prisms from the upper and lower peripheral visual fields toward the central visual field of a person with peripheral field loss, and particularly hemianopia, while maintaining the lateral field expansion. In terms of perceived image, the spectacle... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070097317 - Ophthalmic apparatus: An ophthalmic apparatus with which it is easy to open eyelids of an examinee at the time of intraocular pressure measurement has a measurement unit including an measurement part measuring intraocular pressure by blowing fluid to a cornea of an examinee's eye via a nozzle to deform the cornea and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070097318 - Ophthalmic lenses useful for the correction of presbyopia which incorporate high order aberration correction: The invention provides methods for designing ophthalmic lenses, and lenses produced by this method, which lenses corrects both low order and high order wavefront aberrations of the lens wearer's eyes.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson