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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neil F Martin, Potomac, MD (US);
Howard N Robinson, Lutherville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Bloom & Kreten, Towson, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
351177 ;
Abstract
Contact lenses with contoured anterior surfaces are employed to obtain informed consent from a patient prior to ophthalmic surgery. These modified contact lenses with contoured surfaces, when worn by a patient, will mimic visual distortions which might result from various types of corneal surgery.