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

20070171357 - Accessory: An accessory comprises an insertion part, which is inserted into a through hole provided in the direction of thickness of a lens of eyeglasses and configured by combining an insertion core part with a sheathing member made of an elastic material, and a basic accessory part arranged jointly at an... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070171356 - Spectacle frames: There is provided a spectacle frame comprising: a front for holding therein two lenses; the front having front end pieces extending rearward at each end thereof, each front end piece having an upper portion and a lower portion; and one of the upper portion and the lower portion having a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070171358 - Protective eyewear with metal lenses: Protective eyewear for protecting a wearer's eyes during a sporting event. The protective eyewear comprises a frame and a metal protective section. The frame includes a top support, a pair of armatures, and a grooved opening traversing the top support and each armature. The metal protective section includes a perimeter... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070171359 - 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

20070171360 - Dynamic multifocal spectacle frame: This invention pertains to an attachment for bifocal eyeglasses which is a dynamic frame fitted with the lens for intermediate vision which will lie in front of the middle one third of the bifocal lens during computer use providing three zones of vision at a time without changing the head... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070171361 - Four zone multifocal spectacle lenses: The present invention provides multifocal lenses containing at least four zones of different refractive power. The zones are positioned such that the wearer is able to use the inferior-most portion of the lens to more clearly, as compared to conventional multifocal lenses, view objects at distances more than 45 cm... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070171362 - Truncated diffractive intraocular lenses: In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of designing a diffractive ophthalmic lens (e.g., an intraocular lens (IOL)) that includes providing an optic having an anterior refractive surface and a posterior refractive surface, wherein the optic provides a far-focus power (e.g., in a range of about 18 to... Agent: Alcon

20070171363 - Adaptive photoscreening system: Briefly described, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. The system includes a computer control system and an environmental light source that is controlled by the computer control system such that an amount of light provided by the environmental light source is adjusted by the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070171364 - Method of relieving computer vision syndrome: This invention comprises a method that enables a computer user to relieve or avoid computer vision syndrome by means of eye exercises and stress reduction techniques. One aspect of the invention consists of a computer program that displays eye exercises on the computer screen after a predetermined time interval or... Agent: Steven M. Beresford

20070171365 - Non-invasive measurement of tear volume systems and methods: Devices systems, and methods can measure, diagnose and/or characterize an eye of a patient, including physiologic and optical properties, such as hydration and tear volume in relation to an optical surface of the eye, including topography of a corneal surface of the eye and/or a wavefront elevation map of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070171366 - Sequential wavefront sensor: A sequential wavefront sensor comprises a light beam scanning module, a sub-wavefront focusing lens, a detector with more than one photosensitive area and a processor for calculating the sequentially obtained centroids of a number focused light spots from the sub-wavefronts to determine the aberration of the input wavefront. A sequential... Agent: Law Office Of Charles E. Krueger

20070171368 - Retinal topography diffractive fundus lens: Embodiments of the present invention provide a fundus lens. This fundus lens includes a first aspheric lens and a second aspheric lens and a diffractive optical element. This diffractive optical element is placed between the first and second aspheric lens and illuminated by an off access light source. The diffractive... Agent: Armondo Pastrana C/o Alcon Research, Ltd

20070171367 - System and method for tracking eyeball motion: Detecting position information related to a face, and more particularly to an eyeball in a face, using a detection and ranging system, such as a Radio Detection And Ranging (“RADAR”) system, or a Light Detection And Ranging (“LIDAR”) system. The position information may include a location of the eyeball, translational... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070171369 - Method of determining the spatial relationship of an eye of a person with respect to a camera device: t

20070171370 - Retinal scanning display with exit pupil expanded by optics offset from intermediate image plane: A retinal scanning display device is disclosed which is configured to include: a light source emitting a light beam; a scanner scanning onto a viewer's retina the light beam emitted from the light source; a light exit at which the light beam scanned by the scanner exits the retinal scanning... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070171371 - Diagnostic ophthalmic lens using extra-low dispersion (ed) material: An improved diagnostic ophthalmic lens using extra-low dispersion material, defined by having an Abbe Number, Vd>80, is provided. Such a single element diagnostic ophthalmic lens may be used for examination of the eye in conjunction with either an Indirect Ophthalmoscope or a Slit Lamp Biomicroscope.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070171372 - Adjustable device for vision testing and therapy: An adjustable and foldable device for visual field testing or treatment includes a computer display mounted on a base and presents visual stimuli to the patient. An associated head support assembly with a chinrest supports and positions the head of the subject with respect to the display. An articulated arm... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070165183 - Volumetric imaging using \"virtual\" lenslets: A system constructs an image using virtual lenslets.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070159591 - Eyewear with temporal vent: Eyewear includes a frame, a left temple arm secured to the frame, and a right temple arm secured to the frame. At least one lens is connected to the frame. A first venting aperture is defined by the at least one lens and the frame and is located proximate the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070159592 - Systems, devices, and methods for optically clearing tissue: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for non-invasively modifying, maintaining, or controlling local tissue optical properties. Methods and devices of the disclosure may be used for optically clearing tissue, for example, for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. A method of optically clearing a tissue may comprise contacting... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070159593 - Contact lens: An easy-to manufacture contact lens exhibiting an excellent axial stability and having a novel ballast mechanism. On the front surface (36) of the contact lens (30), (i) a circular front surface (38) forming an optical portion (44) and (ii) annular front surfaces (40, 42) forming peripheral portions (46, 48) are... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070159594 - Photochromic blue light filtering materials and ophthalmic devices: Polymeric compositions have photochromic and blue-light filtering ability and are useful in the manufacture of ophthalmic medical devices. The polymeric compositions comprise a photochromic material incorporated into polymeric host materials and are activatable by blue light having a first wavelength range to become photochromic, and are thereby capable of absorbing... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070159595 - Fundus observation device: A fundus observation device which can simultaneously capture both surface images and tomographic images of the fundus oculi is provided. The fundus observation device 1 has a fundus camera unit 1A, an OCT unit 150, and an arithmetic and control unit 200. The fundus camera unit 1A has an illuminating... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070159596 - Fundus observation device: Highly reliable technology is provided with the capable of forming three-dimensional images of fundus oculi. The image forming part 220 of a computational control unit 200 forms images of the surface of fundus oculi Ef based on results of detecting fundus oculi catoptric light of light illuminated by a fundus... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070159597 - Optical image-measuring device: The invention provides an optical image-measuring device that avoids long examination time and reduces some troublesome tasks. A fundus observation device 1 (optical image-measuring device) splits light that is output from a low-coherence light source 160 into a signal light LS directed toward the fundus oculi Ef and a reference... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070159598 - Pocket perimeter: A device for mapping the visual field of an eye includes a projector for creating a light beam of visible light, a first light directing element for controlling the direction of the beam, and a reflection element for reflecting the light beam through a predetermined crossing point. The elements are... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070159599 - Device for tracking pupil of eyeball using intensity changes of reflected light from eyeball and image display using the same: A technique is disclosed of tracking a position of a pupil of a viewer's eyeball, by directing light toward the eyeball and using a portion of the light reflected from the eyeball. In the technique, the detection is performed of the intensity of a reflected light beam which is a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070159601 - Method and apparatus for controlling peripheral image position for reducing progression of myopia: A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling optical aberrations to alter relative curvature of field by providing optical devices and methods comprising the repositioning of peripheral off-axis focal points relative to the retina to produce stimulus for influencing the progression of refractive error while simultaneously controlling the position of... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070159600 - Transcleral opthalmic illumination method and system: A method and apparatus for illuminating the interior of the eye through the sclera without any contact to the eye. The apparatus contains a lamp element and optics that focus the light on the eye sclera. One or more fiber optics bundles may be used to convey the light from... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070153228 - Eyeglasses having magnetically coupled primary lens frame and auxiliary lens frame: Eyeglasses comprising a primary lens frame having a first pair of lens holders separated by a bridge portion having a major magnetic member disposed on a rear side thereof and facing rearward. The eyeglasses further include an auxiliary frame having a second pair of lens holders separated by a bridge... Agent: Trojan Law Offices

20070153229 - Eyewear end piece: An object of the present invention is to provide an eyewear end piece which does not rotate around an axial core of a temple, which does not come off the temple, and which feels comfortable to wear. For this purpose, the eyewear end piece includes a first hard member, a... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070153230 - Lens replacement system: An eyewear system includes a frame having a lens channel configured to slidably receive the lens and an opening to allow the lens to be inserted into the lens channel. The system further includes a lens configured to be slidably received into the lens channel of the frame and a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070153231 - Hydrodynamically operated multifocal contact lens: This invention details a contact lens that uses a reservoir of fluid compressed by the lower lid to dynamically shift the refractive power of the lens. This creates a lens that has a plurality of focal points depending on the position of gaze. This can be accomplished through using fluid... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070153232 - System for manufacturing an optical lens: A system for manufacturing an optical lens that is configured to correct optical aberrations, including, e.g., high order aberrations such as described by Zemike polynomials. The system can include a measurement system configured to measure optical aberrations in a patient's eye and to create measured optical aberration data. A calculation... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070153233 - Determining optimal positioning of ophthalmic devices by use of image processing and autofocusing techniques: A system or method of positioning an ophthalmic device relative to an eye is provided. The method first obtains a series of images of an eye. In these series of images, the distance between the ophthalmic device and the eye is varied while the region of the eye image remains... Agent: Alcon