Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 10/09

20090244475 - Amphibious glasses and temple assembly for use in eyeglasses: A pair of amphibious glasses is provided. The pair of amphibious glasses comprises a lens assembly, a frame assembly, a skirt, and a temple assembly. The lens assembly comprises at least one lens, while the frame assembly defines at least one frame so that the lens can be embedded into... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090244476 - Pair of spectacles with interchangeable lenses: Each lens frame includes a slit at the assembly area of the corresponding temple, delimiting two independent which can be moved apart to widen the lens frame so that a lens can be inserted or removed. Each temple is connected to the corresponding lens frame by a tenon, including a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090244477 - Ophthalmic lens media insert: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing an ophthalmic lens with media including an energy receptor. In some embodiments, the media includes an insert placed in a cavity formed to cast mold an ophthalmic lens from a reactive mixture.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090244478 - Lenses for the correction of presbyopia and methods of designing the lenses: The invention provides methods for designing contact lenses and contact lenses designed according to the method, which lenses provide an improved method for presbyopia correction compared to conventional lenses and methods. It is a discovery of the invention that improved performance and reduced design time can be obtained by using... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090244479 - Tinted silicone ophthalmic devices, processes and polymers used in the preparation of same: Tinted ophthalmic devices, methods for their production, and non-crosslinked binding polymers used in their production are disclosed herein.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090244480 - Method for determining an ophthalmic lens: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens includes choosing an initial lens with a first face and a second face and defining an initial surface for the second face of the lens with a central zone of diameter Dini and a peripheral zone of inner diameter Drac greater than the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090244481 - Vision recovery training device: The vision recovery training device of the present invention trains an image formation accommodative function of an eye. The vision recovery training device includes: an eyepiece 3 that allows the trainer to watch a visual acuity training image in a vision recovery training device main body; and a distance maintaining... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090244483 - Fundus camera: A fundus camera favorably performing focusing on a fundus of an examinee's eye without a black dot plate in a target projection optical system comprises an illumination optical system comprising a light source and an objective lens, a photographing optical system comprising a focusing lens movable in the optical axis... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090244482 - Laser scanning digital camera with simplified optics and potential for multiply scattered light imaging: A portable, lightweight digital imaging device uses a slit scanning arrangement to obtain an image of the eye, in particular the retina. The scanning arrangement reduces the amount of target area illuminated at a time, thereby reducing the amount of unwanted light scatter and providing a higher contrast image. A... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20090244484 - Systems and methods for optical detection of lipofuscin concentrations in a subject's eye: A method for optical detection of lipofuscin concentrations in the retina is described. A subject's eye is exposed to a light source. Light emitted from the subject's eye is detected. Levels of lipofuscin are determined from the emitted light. A system for optical detection of lipofuscin in the retina is... Agent: Austin Rapp & Hardman

20090244485 - Optical coherence tomography device, method, and system: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography instrument comprises an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user is provided; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's eye; an interferometer configured to produce optical... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090244486 - Optotype presenting apparatus: An optotype presenting apparatus capable of presenting an optotype having a high degree of flexibility to an examinee's eye while a production cost of the apparatus is curbed comprises a main body comprising an optotype forming unit comprising first and second displays displaying optotypes, and a beam combiner combining optical... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC