IP Library Granted Patent US 8,556,426
Granted Patent B2
US 8,556,426 · App. 13/222,944 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Methods of obtaining ophthalmic lenses providing the eye with reduced aberrations

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Patent No.
US 8,556,426
App. No.
13/222,944
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses methods of obtaining ophthalmic lens capable of reducing the aberrations of the eye comprising the steps of characterizing at least one corneal surface as a mathematical model, calculating the resulting aberrations of said corneal surface(s) by employing said mathematical model, selecting the optical power of the intraocular lens. From this information, an ophthalmic lens is modeled so a wavefront arriving from an optical system comprising said lens and corneal model obtains reduced aberrations in the eye. Also disclosed are ophthalmic lenses as obtained by the methods which are capable reducing aberrations of the eye.

Claims (43)

1. An intraocular lens, comprising: an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface; wherein at least one of the surfaces of the intraocular lens is a prolate surface characterized by an equation

z

=

(

1

/

R

)

r

2

1

+

1

-

(

1

R

)

2

(

cc

+

1

)

r

2

+

adr

4

+

aer

6

wherein cc is a conical constant, R is a central lens radius, and ad and ae are aspheric polynomial coefficients; wherein cc has a value of about −2.809.

2. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein ad has a value of about −0.000762.

3. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein ae has a value of about −1.805e-05.

4. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the intraocular lens is an equiconvex lens.

5. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the intraocular lens comprises a refractive index of about 1.45.

6. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the intraocular lens comprises a thickness of about 1 mm.

7. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the intraocular lens is a 22D lens.

8. The intraocular lens of claim 1 , wherein the intraocular lens is a silicone lens.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2016
From: ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC.
To: AMO GRONINGEN B.V.
Reel/Frame 037866/0409 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2011
From: NORRBY, SVERKER; ARTAL, PABLO; PIERS, PATRICIA ANN; VAN DER MOOREN, MARRIE
To: ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 026840/0473 →