Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions

20090279046 - Adjustable eye glasses with a magnetic attachment: In a particular embodiment, an eyeglass device is disclosed that includes a first frame member including a first frame member front that will often hold at least one corrective first lens and including a first end portion adapted to couple to a first temple. The eyeglass device further includes a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090279047 - Eye gear having quick-release frame coupling blocks: An eye gear includes a lens frame, a support unit having a pair of frame coupling blocks, and a pair of coupling units, each connecting pivotally one end of a respective one of the frame coupling blocks to a corresponding one of two ends of the lens frame and including... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090279048 - Aspheric toric intraocular lens: An aspheric toric intraocular lens (IOL) having toricity and asphericity in a single lens. The toricity and asphericity may be provided on separate surfaces, such as an anterior surface and a posterior surface, or the toricity and asphericity may be combined onto a single surface. The edge thickness may be... Agent: Alcon

20090279049 - Net-molded optical articles and methods of making the same: An injection molding apparatus and method of use are provided whereby a net-molded optical article can be produced. Edge wave deviations are reduced by controlling the cooling profile of the resin. The apparatus can be configured to include at least one heat control element disposed adjacent to an edge of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090279050 - Electro-optic lenses for correction of higher order aberrations: A lens is presented in which the lens includes a substrate and an electrode layer. The electrode layer is positioned upon the substrate. The electrode layer has radially alternating rings of electrodes and resistive material. When voltage is applied across two adjacent electrodes the profile of the electric field therebetween... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090279051 - Fundus camera: A fundus camera includes a fundus photographing optical system including an image-recording image sensor for photographing a fundus image via a focusing lens, a focus target having a plurality of regions for forming light fluxes passing through a plurality of different areas on pupil of a subject's eye, and a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279052 - Ophthalmologic surgical microscope system having an oct-measuring device: The invention is directed to an ophthalmologic surgical microscope system (100) for examining the eye of a patient. The ophthalmologic surgical microscope system includes a surgical microscope (101) as well as a carrier arrangement (102) wherein the surgical microscope (101) is accommodated so as to permit elevation adjustment in order... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20090273754 - I band: The I BAND™ allows the wearer to vary the look of eyeglasses on a whim to match his/her clothes or accessories. Also, the I BAND™ can be used to cushion the area between the wearer's temples and the eyeglass arm. It also allows a manufacturer to increase its ability to... Agent: Karr Tuttle Campbell Attn: Priya Sinha Cloutier

20090273755 - Spectacle and writing instrument combination: e

20090273756 - Process to mold a plastic optical article with integrated hard coating: Disclosed is a process for molding plastic optical articles with a hard coated film, comprising steps of coating one side of an optical film with a hard coating, pre-curing the hard coating to a tack free state while still maintaining the coating flexibility, making an insert from the coated film... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20090273757 - Illumination device and observation device: Among other things, an illumination device (10) is described for one, two or more observation beam paths, each with an observation device having an observation beam bundle, in particular for an operating microscope, having at least one light source (12) for producing at least one illumination beam bundle for illuminating... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20090273758 - Dynamic shape discrimination vision test: A vision testing system and method to assess vision function. In one embodiment, the vision testing system comprises: (1) a display; (2) a computer coupled to the display and configured to provide dynamic images, each including a substantially constant fixed point of fixation; and (3) a human input device coupled... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

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