Menicon Co., Ltd.

Kenichi Ishihara

Kazuhiko Nakada

Hiroaki Suzuki

Yuuji Gotou

Motonobu Togo

Hiroyuki Oyama

Tadashi Sawano

Haruyuki Hiratani

Shingo Hibino

Naoki Anan

Kunihisa Yoshida

Kyoichi Tanaka

Yoshikazu Miura

A method of marking an ophthalmic lens, including a step of irradiating the ophthalmic lens formed of a resin material with a laser radiation, such that the laser radiation is condensed at each of predetermined at least one spot within the ophthalmic lens, to form a whitened portion at the each of the predetermined at least one spot, for thereby providing the ophthalmic lens with a marking.

Method of marking ophthalmic lens by using laser radiation

A method of marking an ophthalmic lens, including a step of irradiating the ophthalmic lens formed of a resin material with a laser radiation of a femtosecond pulse width, such that the laser radiation is condensed at each of at least one predetermined spot within the ophthalmic lens, to form a whitened portion at the each of the at least one predetermined spot, for thereby providing the ophthalmic lens with a marking.

Method of marking ophhalmic lens by using laser radiation of femtosecond pulse width

A mold assembly for forming an ophthalmic lens, the mold assembly comprising a first mold and a second mold which cooperate with each other to define therebetween a mold cavity having a profile following that of the ophthalmic lens, wherein the improvement comprises: at least one of the first and second molds being a coated mold consisting of a body portion including a backing surface having rigidity and mechanical strength enough to withstand a molding operation for forming the ophthalmic lens in the mold cavity, and a thermoplastic film retained on the body portion such that the thermoplastic film covers the backing surface of the body portion, the thermoplastic film having a molding surface which partially defines the mold cavity and which gives a corresponding one of opposite surfaces of the ophthalmic lens.

Mold assembly for forming ophthalmic lens, method of producing the same, and method of producing ophthalmic lens using the mold assembly

Lens mold assembly including a first and a second mold cooperating with each other to define a mold cavity for molding an ophthalmic lens with the first and second molds being held in line contact with each other at a radial position, wherein at least one of the two molds consists of a central molding portion located radially inwardly of the radial position, and an outer rim portion located radially outwardly of the radial position, the central molding portion cooperating with the other mold to define the mold cavity, the above-indicated at least one mold having a mold surface which is opposed to a mold surface of the other mold when the two molds are assembled together, the mold surface of the at least one mold consisting of a central lens-forming region in the central molding portion, and an outer peripheral non lens-forming region in the outer rim portion, at least a part of the lens-forming region adjacent to the radial position providing a concave portion, while at least a part of the outer peripheral non lens-forming region adjacent to the radial position providing a convex portion.

Mold assembly for forming ophthalmic lens

A presbyopia correction contact lens to be used in contact with a cornea of an eye of a wearer, the contact lens having a substantially circular central correction region and an annular outer correction region which surrounds the central correction region, the central and outer correction regions providing one and the other of a near vision correction region and a distance vision correction region, respectively, wherein the central correction region has a center which is offset by a distance of 0.2 mm-2.4 mm from a geometric center of the contact lens toward a side portion of the lens, which side portion is to be located on the side of the nose of the wearer when the contact lens is used in contact with the cornea, and the central correction region has a diameter within a range of 0.8 mm-3.5 mm.

Contact lens wherein central correction region has a center 0.2-2.4mm

A method of producing an intraocular lens having integrally formed optic and haptic including the steps of: (a) preparing a polyimide powder having a repeated unit represented by the following formula: ##STR1## [in the formula, when R.sub.1 =--C(CF.sub.3).sub.2 --, R.sub.2 is selected from ##STR2## the polyimide powder having a particle size of less than 1 mm; (b) placing the polyimide powder between a pair of dies having a pattern corresponding to a part of the contour of the lens; (c) hot pressing the polyimide powder between the dies, to provide a molding having the above part of the contour of the lens; and (d) machining the molding to form the rest of the contour of the lens to thereby provide the overall shape of the intraocular lens.

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Kasugai, Japan

Kenichi Ishihara