33 results about "Uses contact lenses" patented technology

Devices, systems, and methods for treating and / or determining appropriate prescriptions for one or both eyes of a patient are particularly well-suited for addressing presbyopia, often in combination with concurrent treatments of other vision defects. High-order spherical aberration may be imposed in one or both of a patient's eyes, often as a controlled amount of negative spherical aberration extending across a pupil. A desired presbyopia-mitigating quantity of high-order spherical aberration may be defined by one or more spherical Zernike coefficients, which may be combined with Zernike coefficients generated from a wavefront aberrometer. The resulting prescription can be imposed using refractive surgical techniques such as laser eye surgery, using intraocular lenses and other implanted structures, using contact lenses, using temporary or permanent corneal reshaping techniques, and / or the like.

Devices, systems, and methods for treating and / or determining appropriate prescriptions for one or both eyes of a patient are particularly well-suited for addressing presbyopia, often in combination with concurrent treatments of other vision defects. High-order spherical aberration may be imposed in one or both of a patient's eyes, often as a controlled amount of negative spherical aberration extending across a pupil. A desired presbyopia-mitigating quantity of high-order spherical aberration may be defined by one or more spherical Zernike coefficients, which may be combined with Zernike coefficients generated from a wavefront aberrometer. The resulting prescription can be imposed using refractive surgical techniques such as laser eye surgery, using intraocular lenses and other implanted structures, using contact lenses, using temporary or permanent corneal reshaping techniques, and / or the like.

Devices and methods for controlling myopia are provided. The devices and methods relate to the inventors discovery of the relationship between near work, the forces applied to the eye by the eyelids and myopia. The devices include a contact lens comprising a region that disperses force applied to the eye by an eyelid. The devices also include a device designed by measuring first wavefront aberrations of an eye before pre-near work and measuring second measured wavefront aberrations of the eye post-near work. The methods include a method for controlling myopia including identifying optical changes associated with near work and correcting the optical changes with an optical device.

Devices and methods for controlling myopia are provided. The devices and methods relate to the inventors discovery of the relationship between near work, the forces applied to the eye by the eyelids and myopia. The devices include a contact lens comprising a region that disperses force applied to the eye by an eyelid. The devices also include a device designed by measuring first wavefront aberrations of an eye before pre-near work and measuring second measured wavefront aberrations of the eye post-near work. The methods include a method for controlling myopia including identifying optical changes associated with near work and correcting the optical changes with an optical device.

A method of improving vision by reshaping the cornea to correct for abnormal surface curvature by measuring the surface topography of the cornea, providing a rigid contact lens to reshape the cornea into a more desirable configuration, wearing the contact lens for sufficient time to achieve the reshaping, removing the contact lens, applying an alcohol solution to the epithelial layer, applying a riboflavin solution to the cornea, and subjecting the cornea to UV light for sufficient time to induce cross-linking of collagen fibers within the cornea, whereby the cornea is stabilized in the reshaped desirable configuration.

A novel contact lens holder for retaining contact lenses and their storage solution is provided. The contact lens holder provides at least two compartments for retaining each contact lens and its storage solution, each compartment providing protection against leakage of the storage solution. There is provided a contact lens holder including a first compartment with at least one substantially fluid-tight seal to retain the storage solution, and a second compartment encompassing the first compartment. There is also provided a contact lens holder including a lid that is pivotally moveable such that the lid can be positioned at an angle to provide a user with an ergonomically comfortable position when using the contact lens holder. The lid can also include a mirror on its inside surface.

A compact contact lens case with a base having a top side, a top member with a right opening that receives a right receptacle for receiving a right contact lens, and with a left opening for receiving a left receptacle for receiving a left contact lens and positioned on the top side of said base, a right side receptacle for receiving a right contact lens, a left side receptacle for receiving a left contact lens, a cover for the right side receptacle for receiving a contact lens, a cover for the left side receptacle for receiving a contact lens, and a date wheel for indicating a date related to use of the contact lenses that is manually adjustable independently of a month wheel for indicating a date related to use of the contact lenses. The month wheel is manually adjustable independently of the setting of the date wheel.

Stable ophthalmic formulations comprising hyaluronic acid (sodium hyaluronate) as the primary active demulcent ingredient, stabilized oxy-chloro complex (available commercially as OcuPure™ from Advanced Medical Optics, Purite® from Allergan, and Purogene from Biocide) for preservative efficacy, balanced salts mimicking the tear film, and sodium borate as a buffer are disclosed. In one embodiment, preferred stable formulations may be used in the human eye with or without contact lenses. In another embodiment preferred formulations may also be used as a storage and conditioning solution for contact lenses following disinfection.

In accordance with the disclosure there is described herein a method of designing an anterior curve of a contact lens for the eye of a patient comprising the steps of providing a contact lens material having a posterior, a posterior curve having a predetermined asphericity, an anterior, an index of refraction and a center thickness; providing a geometry of a cornea, a distance power correction for the cornea and a near power correction for the cornea; determining a central distance power of the contact lens in air; calculating a central anterior radius of the contact lens using the posterior curve of the contact lens material, the index of refraction of the contact lens material, the center thickness of the contact lens material and the central distance power of the contact lens in air; calculating a center power of the contact lens on the eye of the patient using the index of refraction of tears at the posterior of the contact lens; and using an on-eye ray trace, said on-eye ray trace having a null lens compensation to create a targeted on-eye power profile.

It is an object to provide a novel system for supporting contact lens users, who has not been provided with an after-selling support sufficiently, which is able to provide an appropriate support to individual contact lens user so that he can use contact lenses with comfortable. In order to attain the object, an image signal of the user's currently used contact lenses (20) acquired by a user client apparatus (18) is transmitted via communication network means (38), to a server apparatus (12) of a supporting entity (10). The server apparatus (12) then obtains lens condition evaluation data, which are stored in memory means (14) and transmitted via the communication network means (38) to the user client apparatus (18) so that the user (16) can be provided with the lens condition evaluation data.

An integrated contact lens case and an electronic timer which may be set to a predetermined time such as seven, fourteen or thirty days as the period during which the user may use contact lenses before replacing them. The timer generates an electrical signal upon reaching the predetermined time which signal is applied to an indicator carried by the housing to provide a visual signal to the user that the time for replacing the contact lens has arrived. The contact lens case is removably secured through the housing within which the electronic timer apparatus is disposed by a plurality of complimentary protrusions and recesses.

A visual aid for using contact lenses comprises an eyeball and a cover that contains the eyeball, and a model contact lens. The eyeball includes a sclera, an iris and a pupil. The cover includes an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid that can be opened and closed. The visual aid also includes a simulated contact lens that can be placed between the eyelids and the eyeball for demonstrating the proper insertion and wearing of contact lenses. The eyelids simulate natural movements of human eyelids. Additionally, methods for using the visual aid for using contact lenses for instruction in insertion, and removal, of contact lenses from the eye are described.

A composition for preventing or treating an eye disease includes adiponectin as an active ingredient. Adiponectin as an active ingredient is eventually revealed to show prevention or therapeutic efficacies for eye diseases such as dry eye (syndrome), inflammatory eye disease and side effects due to the use of contact lenses by promoting tear secretion, alleviating ocular surface irregularities, decreasing inflammatory cytokines on the ocular surface and lacrimal gland, and increasing conjunctival goblet cell density. In addition, the composition having eye contact lubrication effects may be used as cleaners or lubricants for preventing non-bacterial inflammation due to wearing contact lenses.

Disclosed is a contact lens storage case, in which a contact lens is automatically immersed in preserving solution when a cap is closed and is automatically exposed out of the preserving solution when a cap is opened, so that it is possible to store the contact lens without damage and so that a user can easily hold the contact lens with his / her fingers upon applying the contact lens. The contact lens storage case includes: a storage container shaped like a cylinder, formed on both sides of a body, and filled with preserving solution so as to store contact lenses or soft lenses; a slider moving up and down while being assembled with an inner side of the storage container and holding a lens on an upper surface of the slider; an elastic means for providing elastic force to move the slider in an up direction, the elastic means being formed on a lower surface of the slider; a cap covering the storage container; and a pressing means for pressing the slider and preventing separation of the lens, the pressing means being assembled with an inner side of the cap.

A contact lens storage case of limited life and predetermined usage to further the safe and effective use of contact lenses by ensuring patient compliance through both limiting case use over a set period of time and discouraging reuse and topping-off of the disinfecting and storage solution. Generally, the self-destruction consists of the case developing a leak in a pre-determined fashion as a result of the change in properties of a material in a limited area of the case following exposure of the case to the storage solution.

A contact lens storage case of limited life and predetermined usage to further the safe and effective use of contact lenses by ensuring patient compliance through both limiting case use over a set period of time and discouraging reuse and topping-off of the disinfecting and storage solution. Generally, the self-destruction consists of the case developing a leak in a pre-determined fashion as a result of the change in properties of a material in a limited area of the case following exposure of the case to the storage solution.

The invention discloses a method for manufacturing a contact lens and a method for monitoring eye pressure by using the contact lens. The method for monitoring eye pressure comprises the steps of wearing the contact lenses containing photonic crystal into eyes and monitoring the eye pressure through observation of the color of the contact lens. The contact lens contains photonic crystal; when being worn, the contact lens can represent different colors according to different eye pressures so as to monitor the eye pressure. According to the monitoring method, electronic driving and signal processing are not needed; the manufactured contact lens is simple in structure, convenient to use and low in cost; not only are new thoughts and methods for early preventing, monitoring and treating glaucoma provided, but also the current situation that the eyesight of glaucoma patients get worse and worse in China is remarkably improved; the method for monitoring eye pressure by using the contact lens has a wide application prospect in the fields of medical instruments, pharmaceutical researches and the like.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment and / or the prevention of conditions related to high levels of expression and / or activity of the transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1). Amongst others, the conditions to be treated are eye conditions such as discomfort and altered sensitivity of the cornea following refractive surgery, use of contact lenses, dry eyes and diabetic retinopathy.

The utility model relates to a contact lens inner arc polishing device and a method. The contact lens inner arc polishing device comprises a polishing body, a polishing portion and grinding cloth. The hardness of the polishing portion is 15-90% of that of a contact lens. The polishing portion is arranged at one end of the polishing body, and the grinding cloth wraps the polishing portion; when the contact lens inner arc polishing device is used for carrying out polishing on the contact lens, the polishing portion is simultaneously abutted against various arcs of the contact lens to enable the contact lens inner arc polishing device to simultaneously carry out the polishing on the various arcs of the contact lens at a time, and polishing time is shortened.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment and / or the prevention of conditions related to high levels of expression and / or activity of the transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1). Amongst others, the conditions to be treated are eye conditions such as discomfort and altered sensitivity of the cornea following refractive surgery, use of contact lenses, dry eyes and diabetic retinopathy.

Systems and methods are provided to assist a user with contact lens usage. The system includes a virtualization apparatus on a communication device for use by the contact lens user. The virtualization apparatus includes a front mirror with optical sensor and a side mirror in reflective communication with another optical sensor. The mirrors reflect images of the contact lens user during a contact lens training and support session and the user communication device communicates with a remote trainer or compliance monitor. The method is directed to a trainer or compliance monitor remotely training or monitoring a contact lens user utilizing the systems in accordance with the principles of the invention.

A sterile-filtered nanoemulsion having oil globules with a median size (Dv50) of about 100 nm or less and containing an oil, emulsion stabilizing polymer, a water-soluble polymer a surfactant, a tonicity modifier or stabilizer, or a combination thereof is provided. The nanoemulsion, even in the absence of an active ingredient, has ameliorative effects including anti-inflammatory activity. The present invention also provides a method of using such a nanoemulsion as an artificial tear composition for treating an ocular surface disorder, including those resulting from contact lens use, by administering an effective amount of the oil-in-water nanoemulsion of the present invention topically to an eye of a subject.

A contact lens storage case of limited life and predetermined usage to further the safe and effective use of contact lenses by ensuring patient compliance through both limiting case use over a set period of time and discouraging reuse and topping-off of the disinfecting and storage solution. Generally, the self-destruction consists of the case developing a leak in a pre-determined fashion as a result of the change in properties of a material in a limited area of the case following exposure of the case to the storage solution.

Multi-purpose solutions for contact lens care provide substantial lens wearer / user comfort and / or acceptability. Such solutions include an aqueous liquid medium; an antimicrobial component, preferably a biguanide polymer present in an amount of less than about 5 ppm; a surfactant component, preferably a poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene) block copolymer surfactant, in an effective amount; a phosphate buffer component in an effective amount; a viscosity inducing component, preferably selected from cellulosic derivatives, in an effective amount; and a tonicity component in an effective amount. Such solutions have substantial performance, comfort and acceptability benefits, which, ultimately, lead to ocular health advantages and avoidance of problems caused by contact lens wear.

The invention discloses a contact lens lubricating liquid bottle, and belongs to the technical field of glasses lubricating liquid packaging. The contact lens lubricating liquid bottle comprises a bottle body and a bottle cap, the bottle body is provided with a connecting block, the connecting block is provided with a connector, an inner cavity of the connector communicates with an inner cavity of the bottle body, a clamping rib is arranged on the outer side wall of the connector, the connector is internally provided with a dropper groove, and a dropper is positioned in the dropper groove. A plurality of connecting bodies are arranged on the inner side of the bottle cap, a connecting groove is defined by the connecting bodies, clamping blocks are arranged at the tops of the connecting bodies, the connector is clamped in the connecting groove through the clamping blocks, and the bottom of the bottle cap is matched with the connecting block. According to the contact lens lubricating liquid bottle, the dropper groove is formed in the contact lens lubricating bottle connector, the dropper is located in the dropper groove, when contact lens lubricating liquid needs to be used, the dropper needs to be taken out, a dropper rubber head needs to be squeezed, dripping of the contact lens lubricating liquid can be completed, use is convenient, and practicability is high.

It is an object to provide a novel system for supporting contact lens users, who has not been provided with an after-selling support sufficiently, which is able to provide an appropriate support to individual contact lens user so that he can use contact lenses with comfortable. In order to attain the object, an image signal of the user's currently used contact lenses (20) acquired by a user client apparatus (18) is transmitted via communication network means (38), to a server apparatus (12) of a supporting entity (10). The server apparatus (12) then obtains lens condition evaluation data, which are stored in memory means (14) and transmitted via the communication network means (38) to the user client apparatus (18) so that the user (16) can be provided with the lens condition evaluation data.

The invention discloses a method for manufacturing a contact lens and a method for monitoring eye pressure by using the contact lens. The method for monitoring eye pressure comprises the steps of wearing the contact lenses containing photonic crystal into eyes and monitoring the eye pressure through observation of the color of the contact lens. The contact lens contains photonic crystal; when being worn, the contact lens can represent different colors according to different eye pressures so as to monitor the eye pressure. According to the monitoring method, electronic driving and signal processing are not needed; the manufactured contact lens is simple in structure, convenient to use and low in cost; not only are new thoughts and methods for early preventing, monitoring and treating glaucoma provided, but also the current situation that the eyesight of glaucoma patients get worse and worse in China is remarkably improved; the method for monitoring eye pressure by using the contact lens has a wide application prospect in the fields of medical instruments, pharmaceutical researches and the like.