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Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting May archived by USPTO category 05/10

20100128217 - Polarized lens and production method thereof: The present invention provides a method of producing a polarized lens capable of obtaining a high-quality polarized lens used for sunglasses and the like. More specifically, the present invention is a method of producing a polarized lens, comprising the steps of obtaining a lens made of resin having a polarizing... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20100128219 - Spring hinge between a bow and a bow cheek of a pair of spectacles: A spring hinge between a bow cheek and a bow of a pair of spectacles is described, having two hinge parts (3, 4), each associated with one of these spectacle parts (1, 2), one of which forms a bearing fork (6) having a hinge axis (5) for receiving the other... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100128218 - Spring hinge between a bow cheek and a bow of a pair of spectacles: A spring hinge between a bow cheek and a bow of a pair of spectacles is described, having two hinge parts (3, 4), which are each associated with one of these spectacle parts (1, 2), one of which forms a bearing fork (6) having a hinge axis (5) for receiving... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100128220 - Method of measuring the position, in a horizontal direction in the sagittal plane, of a remarkable point of an eye of a subject: The present invention relates in general to taking geometrico-morphological measurements on a subject. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of measuring the position of a remarkable point of the subject's eye. The method includes amongst others, the steps of capturing images in different relative postures (APIV1, APIV2, (O1,X1,Y1,Z1),... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100128221 - Laser scanning digital camera with pupil periphery illumination 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. In at least one embodiment, a digital retinal imaging device includes an illumination source operable to produce a source beam, wherein the source beam defines an illumination pathway,... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20100128222 - Method for visual field testing: A method of ocular testing is provided using a testing apparatus having a display (2) and a control means (6, 17) for controlling movement of a cursor (7). The method comprises providing a fixation target (T), detecting when an observer (1) moves the cursor (7) over the fixation target, and... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20100128223 - Method, algorithm and device for testing visual acuity: This invention generally relates to a device and method for conducting visual acuity (VA) test and determining the size of a character presented during a VA test of a patient. The character size is selected from a predetermined allowed range of characters sizes. The method comprises steps selected inter alia... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20100128224 - Contact lens for keratoconus: The present invention is directed to a non-deforming contact lens for keratoconus patients comprising a central zone having a displaced central zone. In particular, the central zone is displaced from the geometric center of the lens. The shape of the central zone is egg or spoon-shaped and is rotationally asymmetrical... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20100123870 - Structure of a frame combination of eyeglasses: Eyeglasses include a main frame, and a secondary frame joined on a rear side of the main frame; the main frame is a half-rimmed one, and used to hold dark glasses; the secondary frame is a completely-rimmed one, and used to hold eyesight-assisting lenses; the main frame has two middle... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100123871 - Fundus camera: A fundus camera includes an illumination unit which includes an optical element configured to irradiate an eye fundus with visible light from a position conjugate with an anterior eye portion of an eye to be examined, and an imaging unit configured to take an image of the eye fundus with... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100123872 - Ophthalmologic apparatus: An opthalmologic apparatus changes the wavelength of index light, which is projected on an eye to be examined, by selecting the light emission of a visible LED and an infrared LED, and changes the position of a split unit along an optical axis based on the selection.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100123873 - Method of qualifying light spots for optical measurements and measurement instrument employing method of qualifying light spots: A method of determining a wavefront of a received light beam includes: (a) receiving a light beam; (b) producing a group of light spots from the light beam; (c) qualifying a set of the light spots for use in determining a wavefront of the received light beam; and (d) determining... Agent: Abbott Medical Optics, Inc.

20100123874 - Power-adjusted aberrometer: Aspects of the invention are directed to apparatus and methods for automatically setting a power level of light emitted by a light source; illuminating a retina of a patient with the light emitted by the light source; receiving, at a sensor, light reflected from the retina of the patient; providing... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20100123875 - Method of fitting rigid gas-permeable contact lenses from high resolution imaging: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for designing a contact lens. A sagittal image of an anterior portion of an eye having a sclera is measured. Measuring is performed using a digital imaging device. Measuring includes measuring the sclera. A sagittal image is formed. A shape of... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20100118257 - Eyeclasses with interchangeable nose pad: An eyeglass frame (10), the eyeglass frame (10) being usable for supporting a first lens (12) and a second lens (14), the eyeglass frame (10) comprising: a first rim (16) and a second rim (18), the first and second rims (16 and 18) being provided for supporting respectively the first... Agent: Louis Tessier Tessier Et Associes

20100118258 - Industrial safety goggles with frame for ophthalmic micas and impact protection mica: The invention relates to industrial safety goggles provided with permanent ophthalmic micas having a full impact protection mica positioned thereon, wherein said impact protection mica is made from polycarbonate, provides protection against ultraviolet rays and can be removed, thereby enabling the frames to be used as ophthalmic glasses. Said goggles... Agent: Vedder Price P.C.

20100118259 - Temple for eyeglass: An eyeglasses provided with an extensible wire that allows to bring glasses hung around the neck, wherein the two temples are welded and have a loop for the for passage of the wire, as well as means for blocking the wire and means for enabling an easy insertion of the... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20100118261 - Methacrylate-based bulky side-chain siloxane cross linkers for optical medical devices: Novel polymers for biomedical use, especially rigid gas permeable contact lenses that are based on bulky side-chain siloxane cross linkers. The siloxanes, either alone, or as copolymers with bulky and non-bulky mono-functional polymerizable siloxanes, fluoro monomers, such as hexafluoroisopropyl methacrylate, and hydrophilic monomers, result in transparent, high oxygen permeable polymers... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20100118260 - Pixelized optical component with nanowalls: An optical component comprises a transparent network of cells juxtaposed and separated by walls parallel to a surface of the component, each cell being hermetically sealed and comprising at least one substance with an optical property, and all or part of the surface of said component comprises walls less than... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20100118262 - Scleral contact lens with grooves and method of making lens: The present invention provides a scleral lens which includes channels on its posterior bearing surface that improve the flow of tears between the bearing surface of the device and the underlying scleral eyes tissue into the space between the optic of the lens and cornea. The channels are disposed on... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20100118263 - Infrared absorbing spectacle lens and method for producing such lens: This infrared absorbing spectacle lens is formed by adding an infrared absorbing dye to a polyurethane resin obtained by addition polymerization of a prepolymer produced by reacting a polyisocyanate with a polyhydroxy compound, and an aromatic polyamine. show excellent infrared absorbing properties with no deterioration or decomposition of the infrared... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100118264 - System and methods for the treatment of retinal diseases: Systems and methods for treating a retinal disease in a human include locating and defining one or more zones of vision within the human's visual system and defining a treatment area which is located within at least one of the zones. The method of this embodiment may also include treating... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20100118265 - Method for determining correction characteristics for a vision aid: A method for determining correction characteristics for a vision aid for at least one eye of a person wherein: a vision impression of the person is determined in a first usage condition after which a vision impression of the person is determined in a second usage condition after which the... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.A.

20100118266 - System, method, and computer software code for grading a cataract: A method for grading a cataract, the method including creating a three-dimensional image of at least most of a lens of an eye having a cataract from information received from an imaging system, comparing the three-dimensional image with a first template to determine an optical density of the lens, and... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20100118267 - Finding sequential matches in eye tracking data: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for analyzing eye tracking data. The eye tracking data can represent a number of different scanpaths and can be analyzed, for example, to find patterns or commonality between the scanpaths. According to one embodiment, a method of analyzing eye tracking data can... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/oracle

20100118268 - 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

20100118270 - Adaptor for mounting a gonio lens onto a hand-held eye examination device: An apparatus and method is disclosed that provides a means for mounting a separate optical element, such as a gonio lens, to a hand-held eye imaging device. In this way, the doctor only needs to use one hand to hold the imaging apparatus while the other hand can be freed... Agent: Law Office Of Charles E. Krueger

20100118269 - Split view adapter for a microscope: This invention discloses an apparatus that is attached to the objective lens of a microscope to split its field of view into at least two. In one embodiment, a mirrored gonio lens is snapped to the objective of an ophthalmic surgical microscope to provide a view of the eye's anterior... Agent: Law Office Of Charles E. Krueger

20100118271 - Diaphanoscope rod: A diaphanoscope rod that comprises a rod having a first end and a second end, that is made of a transparent or translucent material, and also a light feeding device. According to the invention, one end of the rod comprises a light deflecting device.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20100118272 - Amplitude of accommodation measuring apparatus: Shift lenses 20L, 20R are provided on optical axes that pass through LCDs 40L, 40R for displaying an image for focusing. The shift lenses 20L, 20R are moved along the optical axes by pressing a focus button provided on a case 10 in accordance with an instruction displayed on the... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20100110365 - Eyewear with enhanced fit: Eyewear having an enhanced fit which may be used for safety, sports, and the like. The eyewear may provide features which permit enhanced airflow and an enhanced fit to a user's face. Such features may include greater adjustability to provide greater comfort. Eyewear including an RFID tag which is activated... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Tara Pohlkotte

20100110366 - Eyeglass frame with at least one carabiner: An eyeglass frame comprises: (a) a main lens frame for holding one or more optical lenses, said lens frame having opposed lateral ends; (b) means for attaching the main lens frame to the wearer's head when in use; and (c) a carabiner clip extending from either: one lateral end of... Agent: Gary P. Topolosky

20100110367 - Screwless mounting for eyeglasses: The combination of an eyeglass frame that has at least one temple having a hole for attachment of a lens, a lens having an opening and a mounting mechanism including an elongated rod having ribs distributed along its longitudinal axis and having a head on one end larger than the... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.-general

20100110369 - Holder for a sheet of material: The present invention relates to a frame for holding a sheet of material. A frame arranged to removably locate a sheet of material in a vision area, the frame having binocular lenses focused away from the vision area. A benefit of the invention is that a user is provided with... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20100110368 - System and apparatus for eyeglass appliance platform: The present invention relates to a personal multimedia electronic device, and more particularly to a head-worn device such as an eyeglass frame having a plurality of interactive electrical/optical components. In one embodiment, a personal multimedia electronic device includes an eyeglass frame having a side arm and an optic frame; an... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20100110370 - Laser protective eyewear having improved glare protection: A molded optical filter is provided having effective filtering of energy emissions at an optical density (OD) of greater than 4 in three energy emission bands corresponding to the wavelengths of laser emissions while preserving the wearer's ability to differentiate and recognize colors and having a pleasing overall color. The... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20100110371 - 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: Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

20100110372 - Ophthalmic device with embedded microcontroller: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing an ophthalmic lens with a microcontroller and an energy source incorporated within the ophthalmic lens. The energy source is capable of powering the microcontroller included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20100110373 - Method for determining a progressive ophthalmic lens: A method for determining a progressive ophthalmic lens for a given user for whom a near vision power addition has been prescribed includes the following steps: measuring the user's downward and the vertical horopter on a near-vision target point; measuring the user's near-vision head elevation and/or eye elevation; determining a... Agent: Hensley, Kim & Holzer, LLC

20100110374 - Apparatus and method for two eye imaging for iris identification: The apparatus represents a device having one or two sensors for capturing a single image or two images having the subject's eyes, in which a dimension, such as the horizontal axis, with respect to pixels in the single image or two first images characterizing zero head tilt, and processors in... Agent: Kenneth J. Lukacher South Winston Court

20100110375 - Optical image measurement device: A device 1 is an OCT device that splits a low-coherence light L0 into a signal light LS and a reference light LR, detects an interference light LC obtained by superimposing the signal light LS propagated through an eye E and the reference light LR propagated through a reference mirror... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100110376 - Variable resolution optical coherence tomography scanner and method for using same: The invention relates generally to optical tomographic imaging and in particular to systems and methods for adapting the resolution of imaging. One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for optical coherence tomography imaging, characterized by its ability to vary the axial resolution and scanning speed during imaging.... Agent: Carl Zeiss Meditec C/o Mofo

20100110378 - Enabling measurement with a handheld eye imaging device: An apparatus and method is disclosed that enables an existing handheld eye imaging device to do direct measurement on images taken from the patient eye. In a preferred embodiment, a reticle is arranged in the handheld eye imaging device so that a reticle image is superimposed on the object image.... Agent: Law Office Of Charles E. Krueger

20100110377 - Ophthalmologic apparatus for imaging an eye by optical coherence tomography: An OCT appliance (optical coherence tomography appliance) comprises an OCT module and a camera for observing the fundus of an eye. By recognizing characteristic features (biometric features), the means defining the region observed by the OCT module, in particular the scanner of the OCT module, is adjusted so that a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100110379 - Optimizing vision correction procedures: In one embodiment, an apparatus for optimizing vision correction procedures comprising: a narrow beam of light directed to a patient's retina; a dynamic defocus and compensation offsetting device configured to offset the defocus of a wavefront from an eye, a wavefront sensor configured to measure the local tilt of a... Agent: Law Office Of Charles E. Krueger

20100110380 - Eye measurement apparatus and methods of using same: An apparatus for measuring a subject's eye having an instrument axis, comprising a slit projector for projecting slits of light, at least one sensor. The apparatus being adapted to form a first image of light from a first slit on the at least one sensor after the light scatters from... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20100110381 - Method and apparatus for early diagnosis of alzheimer's using non-invasive eye tomography by teraherts: The primary objective of the present method and apparatus is to provide a transportable diagnosis system for a reliable method to examine the conditions of a human eye lens. The method provides precise and safe technique for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) which is not involved brain surgery... Agent: Manouchehr Motamedi

20100110382 - Non-deforming contact lens: The present invention is directed to a non-deforming contact lens comprising a central zone and a peripheral zone, wherein the central zone has a radius of curvature approximately equivalent to a central curvature of an underlying cornea, wherein the central zone is progressively aspheric with an initial zone approximately elliptical... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP