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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2018
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Steven Franklin, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Gregory Hofmann, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US);
Jason Tokarski, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Thom Warmerdam, Eindoven, NL;
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A contact lens incorporating one or more surface modified zones on the anterior surface of the lens may be utilized to generate a friction driven rotational force when the upper and/or lower eyelids pass over the one or more regions during blinking. A small difference in the coefficient of friction between the modified and unmodified regions of the lens may result in an equivalent rotational force to that of a thickness gradient lens. This small difference in the coefficient of friction produces a means to orient and stabilize the contact lens on eye.