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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Sandra Corti, Suwanee, GA (US);
Laura Ashley Creech, Atlanta, GA (US);
Sandra Corti, Suwanee, GA (US);
Laura Ashley Creech, Atlanta, GA (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
A contact lens, comprising a preprint of a first shade and a main print of a second shade, wherein the preprint consisting of a first band of gradient dot matrix, wherein the main print consisting of a second band of evenly spaced circular voids, wherein the second band surrounds the starburst pattern, wherein the first band and the second band have a substantially identical outer diameter and the first band has a smaller inside diameter than the second band, wherein the first shade and the second shade are different, wherein the gradient dot matrix is characterized by dot coverage increases in a radial direction from the center too the peripheral edge or a position near the peripheral edge of the substantially-circular pattern.