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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Luciano De Sio, Winter Park, FL (US);
Frederick A. Flitsch, New Windsor, NY (US);
Praveen Pandojirao-S, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Randall Braxton Pugh, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Svetlan Serak, Oviedo, FL (US);
Nelson V. Tabirian, Winter Park, FL (US);
Adam Toner, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Olena Uskova, Winter Park, FL (US);
James Daniel Riall, St. Johns, FL (US);
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. A liquid crystal layer may be used to provide a variable optic function and in some examples, an alignment layer for the liquid crystal layer may be patterned in a cycloidally dependent manner. The patterning may allow for a polarization dependent lens in some examples. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some examples, an ophthalmic lens is cast-molded from a silicone hydrogel. The various ophthalmic lens entities may include electroactive liquid crystal layers to electrically control optical characteristics.