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AssigneeOptotune Switzerland AG
InventorsDavid Andreas NIEDERER, Manuel Aschwanden, Stephan SMOLKA
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The invention relates to a method for optically modifying an optical component comprising: A) Arranging a liquid material (5) in a cavity (100) with a first surface portion (101) and a second surface portion (102), wherein the first surface portion (101) of the cavity (100) is formed by a first deformable membrane (2); B) Adjusting a shape of the first membrane (2) such that an optical power of the optical element (12) to be manufactured is adjusted; C) Solidifying the liquid material (5) to obtain the optical element (12) with a first surface (12-1) that conforms to the first surface portion (101) of the cavity (100) and a second surface (12-2) that conforms to the second surface portion (102) of the cavity (100), wherein the optical element (12) comprises an optical power adjusted by the shape of the first and the second surface (12-1, 12-2). D) Attaching the optical element (12) to an optical surface (20-1) of the optical component (20), wherein the first surface (12-1) of the optical element (12) faces the optical surface (20-1) of the optical component (20).
A method for optically modifying an optical component with an optical element (12), the method comprising the following steps:
An optical system (200), comprising a transparent optical element (12) having an optical power, wherein the optical element (12) comprises a material, particularly a polymer, a first surface (12-1) and second surface (12-2) facing in the opposite direction of the first surface (12-2), wherein the optical element (12) is flexible and bendable such that the first surface (12-1) may be bent to conform to a curved surface, wherein the first surface (12-1) is configured such that when the first surface (12-1) is brought in extensive contact with a complementary surface, particularly wherein the surface comprises or consists of a polymer, a synthetic polymer or a glass, Van der Waals forces, particularly only van der Waals forces between the first surface (12-1) and the complementary surface cause the optical element (12) to be attached to the complementary surface, wherein the optical element (12) is shaped such that either alone or in combination with the optical component (20) one or more optical parameters selected from the group consisting of cylinder, astigmatism, coma, prism or a higher-order Zernike polynomial aberration are adjusted, particularly to adjust a person's vision deficit.
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