System for manufacturing an optical lens
View Patent ↗A system for manufacturing an optical lens that is configured to correct optical aberrations, including, e.g., high order aberrations such as described by Zernike polynomials. The system can include a measurement system configured to measure optical aberrations in a patient's eye and to create measured optical aberration data. A calculation system is configured to receive the measured optical aberration data and to determine a lens definition based on the measured optical aberration data. A fabrication system is configured to produce a correcting lens based on the lens definition.
1. A system for customizing vision correction, comprising:
a measurement system configured to measure patient's vision parameters and to create measured optical aberration data;
a calculation system configured to receive the measured vision parameters and optical aberration data and to determine a lens definition based on one or more vision parameters selected from a group consisting of a patient's vertex distance, pupil distance, gaze, x-y tilt, color preference, spectral tint preference, photochromic preference, ultra-violet coating preference, anti-reflective coating preference, and patient wear preference and measured optical aberration data; and
a fabrication system configured to produce a correcting lens based on the lens definition wherein the lens definition comprises a correction of at least one high order aberration.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement system, calculation system, and fabrication system are located at a single location.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the measurement system, calculation system, and fabrication system are located at a different location than at least one other of the systems.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the measurement system, calculation system, and fabrication system are configured to communicate via a computer network.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the computer network comprises the Internet.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the measurement system, calculation system, and fabrication system are configured to exchange information via a physical medium.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the physical medium comprises a printed medium.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the printed medium comprises a bar code.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the physical medium comprises a removable computer disk.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the physical medium comprises a smart card.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the calculation system is further configured to optimize the lens definition by applying a metric.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the metric comprises a neural network.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the calculation system is further configured apply the metric to select at least one optical aberration to correct in the lens definition.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the calculation system is further configured apply the metric to exclude at least one measured optical aberration from correction in the lens definition.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the calculation system is further configured apply the metric to introduce at least one optical aberration into the lens definition.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement system comprises a wavefront sensor.
17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement system comprises at least one of a Shack-Hartmann, diffraction grating, grating, Hartmann Screen, Fizeau interferometer, ray tracing system, Tscherning aberrometer, skiascopic phase difference system, Twymann-Green interferometer, or Talbot interferometer.
18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement system comprises at least one of a phoropter, an autorefractor, or a trial lens.
19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the correcting lens is configured to adjust at least one low order aberration.
20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the correcting lens is configured to adjust at least one high order aberration.
21. The system of claim 1 , wherein the calculation system is configured to determine the lens definition to define at least one of a low order aberration, a high order aberration, a high order correction zone, a transition zone, a swim zone, a channel, a blend zone, or an off-axis gaze zone.
22. The system of claim 1 , wherein the calculation system is configured to determine the lens definition to comprise an optimized high order correction profile.
23. The system of claim 1 , wherein the calculation system is configured to determine the lens definition to comprise a correction of at least one optical aberration.
24. The system of claim 1 , wherein said one or more vision parameters further include pupil size, color preference, or both.
25. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to produce the corrective lens by curing a pattern of refraction in a photosensitive component within said lens.
26. The system of claim 25 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to expose the lens to a two-dimensional pattern of radiation to cure the pattern of refraction in the photosensitive component within said lens.
27. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to produce the corrective lens by depositing onto an optical element one or more monomers each having a different refractive index in quantities to achieve the lens definition.
28. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to produce the corrective lens by depositing onto an optical element one or more monomers layers having a pattern of thickness to achieve the lens definition.
29. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to produce the corrective lens by depositing one or more monomers layers having a surface profile to achieve the lens definition.
30. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to produce the corrective lens by contouring at least one surface of the optical element.
31. The system of claim 30 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to grind the surface.
32. The system of claim 31 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to polish the surface.
33. The system of claim 30 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to freeform shape the surface.
34. The system of claim 30 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to laser ablate the surface.
35. The system of claim 30 , wherein the fabrication system is configured to produce the corrective lens by curing a pattern of refraction in a photosensitive component within said lens.
36. The system of claim 30 , wherein said one or more vision parameters further include pupil size, color preference, or both.
37. A system for customizing vision correction, comprising:
a measurement system configured to measure patient's vision parameters and to create measured optical aberration data;
a calculation system configured to receive the measured vision parameters and optical aberration data and to apply a metric so as to determine a lens definition defining a correction to at least one high order aberration based on one or more vision parameters selected from a group consisting of the patient's vertex distance, gaze, x-y tilt, pupil distance, spectral tint preference, photochromic preference, ultra-violet coating preference, anti-reflective coating preference, and patient wear preference, and measured optical aberration data; and
a fabrication system configured to produce a correcting lens based on the lens definition.
38. The system of claim 37 , wherein the measurement system, calculation system, and fabrication system are located at a single location.
39. The system of claim 37 , wherein at least one of the measurement system, calculation system, and fabrication system are located at a different location than at least one other of the systems.
40. The system of claim 37 , wherein at least one of the measurement system, calculation system, and fabrication system are configured to communicate via a computer network.
41. The system of claim 40 , wherein the computer network comprises the Internet.
42. The system of claim 37 , wherein at least one of the measurement system, calculation system, and fabrication system are configured to exchange information via a physical medium.
43. The system of claim 42 , wherein the physical medium comprises a printed medium.
44. The system of claim 43 , wherein the printed medium comprises a bar code.
45. The system of claim 42 , wherein the physical medium comprises a removable computer disk.
46. The system of claim 42 , wherein the physical medium comprises a smart card.
47. A method of customizing vision correction, comprising:
measuring optical aberration data of a patient's eye;
calculating a lens definition based on the optical aberration data, wherein calculating the lens definition comprises calculating a correction of at least one low order aberration and at least one high order aberration and is based at least partly on at least one of a patient's vertex distance, pupil distance, gaze, x-y tilt, color preference, spectral tint preference, photochromic preference, ultra-violet coating preference, anti-reflective coating preference, or patient wear preference; and
fabricating a correcting lens based on the lens definition.
48. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens the correcting lens comprises adjusting at least one low order aberration.
49. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises applying a correction to a framed lens.
50. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises exposing the optical element to a pattern of radiation to define a pattern of refraction associated with the lens definition.
51. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprising depositing one or more monomers each having a different refractive index in quantities selected to achieve a pattern of refractive index associated with the lens definition.
52. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises depositing one or more monomers layers having a pattern of thickness to achieve a pattern of refraction associated with the lens definition.
53. The method of claim 47 , wherein determining the lens definition comprises determining at least one of a low order aberration, a high order aberration, a high order correction zone, a transition zone, or a blend zone.
54. The method of claim 47 , wherein determining the lens definition is further based on pupil size, color preference, or both.
55. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabrication the correcting lens comprises adjusting at least one high order aberration.
56. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises curing a photosensitive component within said lens.
57. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprising depositing one or more monomers each having a different refractive index in quantities selected to achieve a pattern of refractive index associated with the lens definition.
58. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises depositing at least one layer having a varying pattern of thickness so as to define a refractive index associated with the lens definition.
59. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises defining a pattern of refraction associated with the lens definition in a photosensitive gel portion of a lens blank.
60. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises exposing the lens blank to a pattern of radiation to define a pattern of refraction in a photosensitive gel portion of a lens blank associated with the lens definition.
61. The method of claim 60 , wherein the pattern of radiation comprises a two-dimensional grayscale pattern.
62. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises performing a cast molding process.
63. The method of claim 47 , wherein fabricating the correcting lens comprises exposing the material to a two-dimensional grayscale pattern of radiation to define a pattern of refraction in a photosensitive material disposed within a mold associated with the lens definition.
64. A system for calculating a customized vision correction, comprising:
a calculation system configured to receive measured vision parameters and optical aberration data and to apply a metric so as to determine a lens definition defining a correction to at least one high order aberration based on one or more vision parameters selected from a group consisting of a patient's vertex distance, pupil distance, gaze, x-y tilt, color preference, spectral tint preference, photochromic preference, ultra-violet coating preference, anti-reflective coating preference, or patient wear preference, and measured optical aberration data.
65. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system is configured to communicate at least one of the vision parameters, the measured optical data, or the lens definition via a computer network.
66. The system of claim 65 , wherein the computer network comprises the Internet.
67. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system is configured to communicate at least one of the vision parameters, the measured optical data, or the lens definition via a physical medium.
68. The system of claim 67 , wherein the physical medium comprises a printed medium.
69. The system of claim 68 , wherein the printed medium comprises a bar code.
70. The system of claim 67 , wherein the physical medium comprises a removable computer disk.
71. The system of claim 67 , wherein the physical medium comprises a smart card.
72. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system computer hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.
73. The system of claim 64 , wherein the metric comprises a neural network.
74. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system is further configured apply the metric to select at least one optical aberration to correct in the lens definition.
75. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system is further configured apply the metric to exclude at least one measured optical aberration from correction in the lens definition.
76. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system is further configured apply the metric to introduce at least one optical aberration into the lens definition.
77. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system is configured to determine the lens definition to define at least one of a low order aberration, a high order aberration, a high order correction zone, a transition zone, a swim zone, a channel, a blend zone, or an off-axis gaze zone.
78. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system is configured to determine the lens definition to comprise an optimized high order correction profile.
79. The system of claim 64 , wherein the calculation system is configured to determine the lens definition to comprise a correction of at least one optical aberration.
80. The system of claim 64 , wherein said one or more visions parameters further include pupil size, color preference, or both.
81. A system for customizing vision correction, comprising:
a measurement system configured to measure patient's vision parameters and to create measured optical aberration data;
a calculation system configured to receive the measured vision parameters and optical aberration data and to determine a lens definition based on the vision parameters and measured optical aberration data; and
a fabrication system configured to produce a correcting lens by curing a pattern of refraction in a photosensitive component within said lens in accordance with the lens definition, wherein the lens definition comprises a correction of at least one high order aberration.
82. A system for customizing vision correction, comprising:
a measurement system configured to measure patient's vision parameters and to create measured optical aberration data;
a calculation system configured to receive the measured vision parameters and optical aberration data and to apply a metric so as to determine a lens definition defining a correction to at least one high order aberration based on the vision parameters and measured optical aberration data; and
a fabrication system configured to produce a correcting lens by curing a pattern of refraction in a photosensitive component within said lens in accordance with the lens definition.
83. A method of customizing vision correction, comprising:
measuring optical aberration data of a patient's eye;
calculating a lens definition based on the optical aberration data, wherein calculating the lens definition comprises calculating a correction of at least one low order aberration and at least one high order aberration; and
fabricating a correcting lens by curing a pattern of refraction in a photosensitive component within said lens in accordance with the lens definition.
84. A system for calculating a customized vision correction, comprising:
a calculation system configured to receive measured vision parameters and optical aberration data and to apply a metric so as to determine a lens definition defining a correction to at least one high order aberration based on the vision parameters and measured optical aberration data; and
a fabrication system configured to produce a correcting lens based on the lens definition by curing a pattern of refraction in a photosensitive component within said lens in accordance with the lens definition.