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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Optotune Ag, Dietikon, CH;
Roman Patscheider, Winterthur, CH;
Christopher Laning, Windisch, CH;
Erik Hebestreit, Regensdorf, CH;
Manuel Aschwanden, Allenwinden, CH;
David Andreas Niederer, Küttigen, CH;
Stephan Smolka, Zürich, CH;
Optotune Switzerland AG, Dietikon, CH;
Abstract
Tunable lens () comprising a fluidic volume (), a flexible membrane () and a shaping element (), wherein the membrane () delimits the fluidic volume () on one side, the shaping element () is attached to the membrane (), the shaping element () surrounds an optically active region of the membrane, the shaping element () is arranged to alter optical properties of the tunable lens () by deflection, in top view the shaping element () has a non-circular contour (), wherein the contour () extends within an imaginary circumcircle (), and the amount of deflection of the shaping element () is proportional to a lateral distance of the contour () to the circumcircle ().