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US 11,531,216 B2Granted
Supporting pillars for encapsulating a flexible PCB within a soft hydrogel contact lens
AssigneeAcucela Inc.
InventorsRyo Kubota, Gordon Frederick MacCabee, Ferry Widjaja, Amitava Gupta
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Abstract
A contact lens may include a body of contact lens material extending between a first surface and a second surface. An electromechanical component may be supported in the contact lens material between the first surface and the second surface. A support comprising a plurality of pillars may be formed of the contact lens material and may extend from at least one of the first surface and the second surface to the electromechanical component.
Claims20
A method of fabricating a contact lens, the method comprising:
- forming a support of a contact lens material on a first contact lens mold;
- partially curing the support;
- placing electromechanical components on the support;
- filling a mold with the contact lens material, the mold comprising the first contact lens mold and a second contact lens mold with the electromechanical components therebetween;
- and
- curing the contact lens material.
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