Eyewear with prescription and laser protection

A lens configured to provide vision correction and laser protection, the lens comprising:

• a first layer having an anterior surface and a posterior surface and a generally uniform thickness therebetween, the first layer being formed of a base material and one or more energy absorptive dyes generally uniformly dispersed throughout the base material, the one or more dyes being configured to absorb electromagnetic energy, one or more energy absorbing dyes producing a generally uniform color across the first layer;
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• a second layer bonded or permanently attached to the posterior surface of the first layer, the second layer being formed of a generally clear base material that is the same as the base material of the first layer to facilitate bonding or attachment between the first and second layers, the second layer having a posterior surface with a corrective prescription surfaced or polished therein, the second layer having a thickness sufficient to contain a full progressive corrective prescription without reducing the thickness or altering the generally uniform color of the first layer,
• the lens having an generally uniform optical density equal to or greater than 2 across the lens.

A method for forming a prescription and laser protective lens, the method comprising:

• mixing one or more energy absorbing dyes into a base material to produce a generally homogeneous mixture of the base material and one or more energy absorbing dye(s);
• forming a first layer of a lens blank with the mixture of the base material and the one or more energy absorbing dye(s), the first layer having an anterior surface and a posterior surface and providing the lens with an optical density equal to or greater than 2 and a generally uniform color;
• forming a second layer on the posterior surface of the first layer, the second layer being formed of a base material that is the same as the base material of the first layer to facilitate bonding or attachment between the first and second layers, the second layer having a posterior surface opposite to the first layer, the second layer having a thickness sufficient to contain a full progressive corrective prescription without reducing the thickness or altering the generally uniform color of the first layer;
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• surfacing or polishing the posterior surface of the second layer with a corrective prescription, wherein surfacing or polishing does not reduce the thickness, change the optical density, alter the generally uniform color of the first layer.