Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions

20090262299 - Corrective eyeglasses: The lens of the subject corrective eyeglasses obstructs the vision of a preselected area but not the whole of the wearer's stronger eye, either by impairing his vision or entirely blocking it. When the vision is so obstructed, the wearer's weaker eye is forced to compensate for the stronger eye's... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090262300 - Eye glasses securing device: An eye glasses securing device for securing a pair of eye glasses to a user's head is provided. Such device includes a flexible elongated member having a first predetermined diameter and a first predetermined length. A first member is secured to a first end of such flexible elongated member, such... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090262301 - Toric contact lenses having selected spherical aberration characteristics: A contact lens, comprising a first surface and a toric second surface. The toric surface has a first meridian and a second meridian, and the toric surface has a first aspheric component in the first meridian. At least one of the first surface and the second meridian of the second... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20090262302 - method and a device for determining the orientation of a correcting ophthalmic lens, and a method of optically designing the correcting lens: A device and method for determining under wearing conditions at least one component of the orientation of a correcting ophthalmic lens of eyeglasses relative to the head of a future wearer. Provision is made for mounting a position-identification system (20) on the frame (10) and/or on a presentation lens fitted... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090262303 - Fundus camera: A fundus camera includes an optical path splitting unit arranged between a focusing unit and an imaging unit. The optical path splitting unit has characteristics adapted to reflect light of a visible light region and to transmit near-infrared light. The optical path splitting unit retreats from an optical path when... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090262304 - Eyeglass dispensing method: A method of making corrective eyeglasses is disclosed. One embodiment is a method of making corrective eyeglasses. The method includes obtaining vision parameters of a patient's eyes, obtaining an eyeglass frame comprising at least one mounted optical element, and programming the optical element to define a pattern of refraction that... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090257018 - Eyeglasses: Disclosed is a pair of eyeglasses adapted to substantially block glaring light. The pair of eyeglasses includes a frame assembly and a pair of lenses supported by the frame. Each lens of the pair of lenses includes an opaque portion configured on an upper portion of each lens of the... Agent: Jay M. Schloff Intellipex PLLC

20090257019 - Eyewear frames with magnetic lens attachements: The present invention illustrates various methods of attaching a pair of eyeglass lenses or a lens shield to an eyeglass frame using magnets or magnetically attractive material. The magnetic attachment methods are beneficial because they allow the user to have interchangeable lenses or shields for indoor and outdoor use, enhancing... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090257020 - Baby and toddler sunglasses: Baby and toddler sunglasses comprising frames having lenses. The frames are secured around the user's head by a band. The band is secured to the frames by a securing piece.... Agent: Weiss & Weiss Suite 251

20090257021 - Polarizing lens for sunglasses and method of shaping the same: There is provided a polarizing lens for sunglasses capable of effectively preventing effectively light from falling on eyes outside the lens at the side of the tail of eyes in the polarizing lens for sunglasses of spherical shape. The polarizing lens for sunglasses comprises a polarizing lens object for sunglasses... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090257022 - Spectacle lens and method for producing the same: The disclosure relates to a spectacle lens comprising: a lens base member; a multi-layered anti-reflection film placed on the lens base member, and including a layer mainly made of silicon dioxide as an outermost layer; and a water-and-oil repellent layer provided in contact with the outermost layer of the multi-layered... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090257023 - Method to detect transmissible spongiform encephalopathies via electroretinogram: Disclosed is a method for identifying transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in livestock via an electroretinogram, the method comprises producing a biphasic electroretinogram waveform having an a-wave and b-wave from livestock retina in response to photic stimulus, measuring the amplitude of the b-wave, wherein the amplitude is measured from the trough of... Agent: Usda-ars-office Of Technology Transfer National Ctr For Agricultural Utilization Research

20090257024 - Ophthalmological instrument: A homogeneously illuminating ophthalmic instrument includes an illumination device having a source of illumination, a homogenizing unit and a projection device, at least one organic or inorganic source of radiation with spectrally selective emission being used as a source of illumination. The illumination generated in this way enables correspondingly adapted... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090257025 - Ophthalmological measuring apparatus: An opthalmological measurement apparatus (1) is proposed which comprises a first measurement system and a second measurement system. The first measurement system comprises a first light projection system for projection of a first light beam (2) through a cross-sectional part (4) of an eye (3). In addition, the first measurement... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090257026 - Ophthalmic lens element for myopia correction: An ophthalmic lens element (100) for correcting myopia in a wearer's eye is disclosed. The lens element (100) includes a central zone (102) and a peripheral zone (104). The central zone (102) provides a first optical correction for substantially correcting myopia associated with the foveal region of the wearer's eye.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090257027 - Ocular light stimulus apparatus: Stimulus light is projected from a stimulus light source onto an ocular fundus of an eye under examination to locally stimulate the retina in order to perform a biological examination. During a biological examination, first background light is projected from an illumination light source via an objective lens, and second... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090251658 - Frame for spectacles: Spectacles frame including a front component supporting a pair of lenses, two supporting temples each hinged by respective hinging elements to the front component, and cushioning and recall members associated with the hinging elements. Cushioning members include: elastic elements in an open seating, inside the respective temple bulk, configured so... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg, LLP

20090251659 - Eyeglass frame: An eyeglass frame is formed so as to eliminate pain to a wearer when the frame nips the head of the wearer for a long period of usage. The eyeglass frame includes a front frame made of plastic or metal for holding lenses, a pair of elastic bodies, a first... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090251661 - Eyeglasses with integrated video display: Eyeglasses including at least one video display that may be pivoted forwardly and outwardly to a viewing position in front of the lenses of the eyeglasses, and folded rearwardly and inwardly to a stored position for retention by the ear pieces of the eyeglasses when not in use are described.... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090251660 - Eyewear incorporating lenses with electronically variable optical properties: An electro-optic eyewear assembly having a frame with opposed ends, a pair of temples, and a hinge mechanically interconnecting each temple to a corresponding end of the frame. Each temple moveable between a wearing position and a storage position and at least one electro-optic lens carried by the frame and... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090251662 - Optical device for providing prescription correction to a mirror: An optical device for providing prescription correction to a mirror so that a person who normally wears prescription glasses may clearly see, and also have unobstructed access to, their face in order to apply makeup. A magnifying lens of an appropriate corrective power is removably attached to the mirror by... Agent: Mrm, LLC

20090251663 - 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 Zernike 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

20090251664 - Systems and methods for determining intraocular lens power: A system for providing an intraocular lens includes a processor and a computer readable memory. The computer readable memory is configured to communicate with the processor, the memory having stored therein at least one of: one or more ocular dimensions, and at least one predetermined refractive outcome. The memory further... Agent: Abbott Medical Optics, Inc. Legal Department

20090251665 - Ophthalmologic photographing apparatus: An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus is disclosed which is capable of photographing a predetermined area of a subject's eye. The apparatus includes a light projecting unit configured to project visible light to a subject's eye, a detection unit configured to measure a pupil diameter, which is caused by the light projecting... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090251666 - Generalized presbyopic correction methodology: An adaptive optics phoropter is aligned with a Badal optometer and an adjustable aperture component to subjectively determine an optimal vision correction as a power profile for an ophthalmic lens or ablating a cornea. The optimal power profile is preferably determined in an iterative process by adjusting the vergence of... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department