Ophthalmic lens with optimal power profile
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsJoseph Lindacher, Courtney Morgan, Rafael Andino
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Abstract
An ophthalmic lens includes an optical zone having a center and a spaced-apart periphery. The optical zone has a first corrective power range in a first region and a second corrective power range in an annular region surrounding the first optical zone. The second corrective power is corrective of spherical aberration of an eye. The optical zone has a power profile that gradually changes from the first corrective power to the second corrective power. A central progressive zone that provides intermediate vision correction may be applied to a central region of the lens. The progressive zone has a diameter that is less than or equal to the diameter of an aperture of a pupil when subjected to bright light.
Claims18
An ophthalmic lens, comprising an optical zone having a center and a spaced-apart periphery,
- the optical zone having a first corrective power range in a first region and a second corrective power range in an annular region that surrounds the first region, wherein the surface of the first region is described by a spline function and wherein the surface of the annular region is described by a polynomial or conic function;
- the lower limit of the first corrective power range being equal approximately to the manifest corrective refractive power for an eye;
- the upper limit of the second corrective power range being equal approximately to the manifest corrective refractive power for the eye;
- the second corrective power range having negative spherical aberration varying with diameter and being less than the manifest corrective refractive power for an eye at the periphery of the optical zone;
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- the optical zone having a power profile such that the optical power of the optical zone decreases from the center to the periphery of the optical zone.
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