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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Wildsmith, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Michael Widman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Jonathan P. Adams, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/04 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/043 (2013.01); B29D 11/00028 (2013.01); B29D 11/00057 (2013.01); B29D 11/00442 (2013.01); B29D 11/00961 (2013.01); B29C 35/0888 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a translating multifocal contact lens including one or both of multiple Optic Zones and a lower-lid contact surface, and method steps and apparatus for implementing the same. In preferred embodiments, a translating multifocal lens may be Free-formed comprising a lower-lid contact surface capable of limiting the amount of translation of a lens across a surface of an eye when an eye changes from one Optic Zone to another.