Coopervision International Limited

Life Technologies Corporation

Mikhail Bashtanov

Robert Oag

Neil Pollock

Abi Graham

Robin Frith

Richard Lintern

Roger Brian Minchin Clarke

Yang Lu

William Lafferty

Peter Crossley

James Onslow

Steve Wakefield

Peter Eugster

Electrically-switchable flexible ophthalmic lenses for conforming to the eye of a user are provided. The lenses comprise: a liquid crystal cell for changing an optical characteristic of the ophthalmic lens, and having a cell gap thickness between a first inner surface and a second inner surface with liquid crystal therebetween, the flexible liquid crystal cell having a chord radius, w, and comprising: a plurality of support members, each support member is arranged to maintain the cell gap thickness by providing support at one or more support locations within the cell, and the support members are arranged such that the support locations form two rings concentric with a centre of the liquid crystal cell, the first ring located a chord measurement of 0.26-0.34 w from the centre of the liquid crystal cell and the second ring located a chord measurement of 0.52-0.70 w from the centre of the liquid crystal cell.

Flexible liquid crystal-containing lenses

An electrically-switchable flexible contact lens for conforming to an eye of a user is provided. The lens comprises a liquid crystal cell for changing a focal power of the contact lens, and the liquid crystal cell has a cell gap thickness between a first inner surface and a second inner surface, the liquid crystal cell comprising a diffractive optical element for correcting the vision of a user, wherein the diffractive optical element is arranged to maintain the cell gap thickness by providing support at one or more locations within the cell.

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Mikhail Bashtanov