IP Library Granted Patent US 12704746
Granted Patent B2
US 12704746 · App. 17/911,057 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Ophthalmic lens and ophthalmic lens treatment method

Inventor: Peiqi Jiang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee: Essilor International
G02C7/024B29D11/00432B29D11/0073
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Patent No.
US 12704746
App. No.
17/911,057
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an ophthalmic lens treatment method, comprising heating, in a humidified environment, a semi-finished lens ( 20 ) to a predetermined temperature, the semi-finished lens ( 20 ) containing a base lens ( 10 ) and a film structure ( 2 ) of a predetermined thickness, and surfacing the semi-finished lens ( 20 ) to a predetermined power, wherein the predetermined temperature is a temperature above a softening temperature of the film structure ( 2 ), the humidity of the humidified environment is between 30% and 99% and the predetermined thickness of the film structure ( 2 ) is between 200 μm and 800 μm.

Claims (21)

1 . An ophthalmic lens treatment method, comprising:

heating, in a humidified environment, a semi-finished lens to a predetermined temperature, the semi-finished lens containing a base lens and a film structure of a predetermined thickness; and

surfacing the semi-finished lens to a predetermined power to form the ophthalmic lens,

wherein the predetermined temperature is a temperature between 70° C. and 120° C., and a humidity of the humidified environment is between 30% and 99%.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the humidified heating heats the semi-finished lens for a predetermined time period of at least 3 hours.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the humidified heating heats the semi-finished lens to, as the predetermined temperature, between 80° C. and 99° C.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the humidity of the humidified environment is between 50% and 90%.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined thickness of the film structure is between 200 μm and 800 μm.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the film structure includes optical microstructures of between 0.001 μm and 100 μm.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the optical microstructures include Fresnel structures or diffractive structures.

8 . An ophthalmic lens, comprising:

an annealed semi-finished lens including a base lens and a film structure having a predetermined thickness of between 400 μm and 800 μm, the annealed semi-finished lens being annealed in a humidified environment at a predetermined temperature between 70° C. and 120° C.,

wherein the annealed semi-finished lens is surfaced to a predetermined power to form the ophthalmic lens, and

wherein the humidified environment has a humidity of between 30% and 99%.

9 . The ophthalmic lens according to claim 8 , wherein the annealed semi-finished lens is annealed for a predetermined time period of at least 3 hours.

10 . The ophthalmic lens according to claim 8 , wherein the base lens is at least one of a material selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, polyamide, polyester, cellulose acetate butyrate, and triacetyl cellulose.

11 . The ophthalmic lens according to claim 8 , wherein the base lens or the film structure has properties including at least one selected from the group consisting of an ultraviolet cut filter, a blue light cut filter, an infrared cut filter, a selective wavelength cut dye, a color enhancement dye, a light filter dye, a light polarization filter dye, photochromic properties, and electrochromic properties.

12 . The ophthalmic lens according to claim 8 , wherein the film structure comprises microlenses.

13 . The ophthalmic lens according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined power is of below −6D.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the film structure comprises microlenses.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined power is of below −6D.