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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Materialise N.v., Leuven, BE;
Inventors:
Paulus Ludovicus Maria Groenewege, Lobith, NL;
Roman Plaghki, Leuven, BE;
Philippe Schiettecatte, Leuven, BE;
Assignee:
Materialise N.V., Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 11/00 (2006.01); G02C 5/22 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); G02C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 11/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/0672 (2014.02); A61M 16/0683 (2013.01); G02C 5/2254 (2013.01); G02C 5/2272 (2013.01); A61M 2209/08 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01); G02C 5/143 (2013.01); G02C 2200/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to eyewear, such as eyeglasses, configured for receiving a hose, such as a medical gas therapy hose. The eyewear comprises flexible elements and a groove defined in and extending through the flexible elements and other parts of the eyewear. The present disclosure further relates to a flexible element, such as a hinge, which may be used in eyewear to enable bending of parts of the eyewear. An exemplary embodiment of the flexible element is a hinge having a plurality of repeating units.