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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Dimitrios Jack Kris, South Autralia, AU;
Simon John Edwards, South Australia, AU;
Scott Warren Fisher, South Australia, AU;
Simon John Pavy, South Australia, AU;
Saulius Raymond Varnas, South Australia, AU;
Sola International Holdings, Ltd., Lonsdale, AU;
Abstract
A progressive ophthalmic lens element including a lens surface having an upper viewing zone having a surface to achieve a refracting power corresponding to distance vision, a lower viewing zone having a greater surface power than the upper viewing zone to achieve a refracting power corresponding to near vision, and an intermediate zon extending across the lens element having a surface power varying from that of the upper viewing zone to that of the lower viewing zone and including a corridor of relatively low surface astigmatism, the progressive ophthalmic lens element including progressive design elements selected to reduce myopia progression.