Ophthalmic lenses having an extended depth of focus for improving intermediate vision
AssigneeAlcon Inc.
InventorsMyoung-Taek Choi, Sangyeol Lee, Shinwook Lee, Wangkuen Lee
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an ophthalmic lens (such as an IOL) that is designed to enhance depth of focus for intermediate vision performance, while maintaining distance vision. The lens may include an optic having an anterior surface and a posterior surface disposed about an optical axis. One of the surfaces (e.g., the anterior surface) may have a surface profile involving a superposition of at least three structures or profiles, including a base structure, a phase shift structure having an inner region, an outer region and a transition region, and a zonal structure having an inner power zone and an outer transition zone.
Claims20
An ophthalmic lens, comprising:
- an optic having an anterior surface and a posterior surface disposed about an optical axis, at least one of the anterior and posterior surfaces having a composite multi-layered surface profile corresponding to a superposition of at least three profiles comprising a phase shift structure, a zonal structure, and a base structure:
- the zonal structure having an inner power zone having a first curvature and an outer transition zone having a second curvature;
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- the base structure having a base curvature extending radially from the optical axis to an outermost edge of the optic.
A method of treating a vision disorder, comprising:
- inserting an ophthalmic lens within a capsular bag of a patient's eye, the ophthalmic lens comprising:
- an optic having an anterior surface and a posterior surface disposed about an optical axis,
- at least one of the anterior and posterior surfaces having a surface profile corresponding to:
- a phase shift structure characterized by an inner region, an outer region, and a transition region, wherein,
- the inner region extends radially from the optical axis to a first boundary;
- the transition region is disposed between the inner region and the outer region and extends radially from the first boundary to a second boundary, wherein the transition region is adapted such that a phase of radiation incident thereon varies linearly over at least a portion of the radial extent between the first boundary and the second boundary so as to generate a phase shift between the first and second boundaries, the second boundary disposed at a radial distance further from the optical axis than the first boundary;
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- the outer region extends radially from the second boundary towards an outermost edge of the optic;
- a zonal structure having an inner power zone having a first curvature and an outer transition zone having a second curvature, wherein the inner power zone extends radially from the optical axis to the second boundary and the outer transition zone extends radially to a third boundary, the third boundary disposed at a radial distance further from the optical axis than the second boundary;
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- a base curvature extending radially from the third boundary to the outermost edge of the optic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.