Custom Corrective Lens
OwnerDavid Randinventor
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Abstract
A custom lens device is disclosed as a corrective lens created by a specialized 3D printer. Specifically, a qualified technician working with an ophthalmologist and/or an optometrist combine laboratory measurements of the retina and other eye surfaces, then combine that data with subjective input from the patient's correction to an Amsler grid, to create a custom lens that will un-distort vision which has been distorted (i.e., warped), due to undulations in the retina caused by a number of eye diseases, including, but not limited to, epiretinal membrane and macular degeneration.
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A custom lens device that is a corrective lens created by a specialized 3D printer, the custom lens device comprising:
- a body component;
- wherein user data is input into a software application which communicates the user data to a 3D printer;
- wherein the 3D printer uses the user data to print the body component;
- and
- further wherein the body component is sized and shaped to correct bumps, distortions, and shape of a user's retina.
A custom lens device that is a corrective lens created by a specialized 3D printer, the custom lens device comprising:
- a body component that is a 3D printed polymer produced on a 3D printer;
- and
- wherein an ophthalmologist or an optometrist combine laboratory measurements of a user's retina and other eye surfaces with data from a user's Amsler grid to produce user data used in the 3D printer;
- wherein a user's retina is scanned and mapped using Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT), an A scan (Amplitude Scan), OptoMap, Flourescein, or Angiography to also produce the user data used in the 3D printer;
- wherein the user data is input into a software application which communicates the user data to the 3D printer;
- wherein the 3D printer uses the user data to print the body component;
- wherein the body component is sized and shaped to correct bumps, distortions, and shape of a user's retina;
- and
- further wherein the body component can be 3D printed with concave parts that correct convex bumps in the user's retina to reverse warped signals to a user's brain caused by an uneven, damaged retina from eye disease.
A method of creating a customized, 3D printed lens for correcting distorted or warped vision, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing a custom lens device comprising a 3D printed lens component;
- measuring a user's retina;
- scanning and mapping a user's retina via ocular coherence tomography, amplitude scans, optomap, or fluorescein angiography;
- enabling a software application to communicate data from the user's retinal measurements and mapping to a 3D printer;
- and
- 3D printing a custom lens based on this data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.