Ophthalmic lenses for treating myopia
AssigneeUniversity of Washington
InventorsJay NEITZ, James KUCHENBECKER, Maureen NEITZ
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Abstract
Eyeglasses are disclosed that include eyeglass frames and a pair of ophthalmic lenses mounted in the frames. The lenses include a dot pattern distributed across each lens, the dot pattern including an array of dots spaced apart by a distance of 1 mm or less, each dot having a maximum dimension of 0.3 mm or less, the dot pattern including a clear aperture free of dots having a maximum dimension of more than 1 mm, the clear aperture being aligned with a viewing axis of a wearer of the pair of eyeglasses.
Claims19
An ophthalmic lens comprising a region comprising a plurality of spaced-apart light scattering centers having a maximum dimension in a range from 0.01 mm to 1 mm and being spaced apart by 0.8 mm or less, and for incident light transmitted by the ophthalmic lens, the ophthalmic lens scatters light incident on the light scattering centers.
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