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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
Applicant:
E-vision Smart Optics, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Inventors:
Ronald D. Blum, Roanoke, VA (US);
Joshua N. Haddock, Roanoke, VA (US);
William Kokonaski, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
John M. Hunkeler, Mission, KS (US);
Assignee:
e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/14 (2006.01); G02C 7/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/16 (2006.01); G02B 1/04 (2006.01); G02C 7/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/083 (2013.01); A61F 2/145 (2013.01); A61F 2/1616 (2013.01); A61F 2/1627 (2013.01); G02B 1/043 (2013.01); G02C 7/04 (2013.01); G02C 7/049 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0001 (2013.01); A61N 1/0543 (2013.01); G02C 2202/18 (2013.01); G02C 2202/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lens including a flexible refractive optic having a fixed refractive index, an electro-active element embedded within the flexible refractive optic, wherein the electro-active element has an alterable refractive index, and a controller electrically connected to the electro-active element wherein when power is applied thereto the refractive index of the electro-active element is altered.