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US 12,379,610 · App. 17/829,999 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Orthokeratology lens using aspheric e-value to control tear height to slow down the growth rate of the eyeball

Inventors: I-Tsung Wu (Taipei, TW); Wen-Pin Lin (Taipei, TW); Wen-Kai Li (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: BRIGHTEN OPTIX CORP.
G02C7/047G02C7/041G02C7/061G02C2202/12G02C2202/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,379,610
App. No.
17/829,999
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Orthokeratology lens that uses aspheric E value to control tear height to sloe down the growth rate of the eyeball. The lens includes treat treatment zone through which light passes to image at retina of eyeball and positioning zone of non-visual area outside treatment zone. The treatment zone includes base curve and reverse curve formed on outside of base curve. The positioning zone includes alignment curve and peripheral curve located outside alignment curve. Center point is formed in center of base curve, junction of base curve and reverse curve forms first point of intersection, junction of reverse curve and alignment curve forms second point of intersection, and junction of alignment curve and peripheral curve forms third point of intersection. Linear distance between center point and cornea of preset eyeball is between 9 μm and 21 μm. Linear distance between first point of intersection and cornea of preset eyeball is between 89 μm and 189 μm.

Claims (258)

1. An orthokeratology lens that uses aspheric E-value to control tear height to slow down the growth rate of the eyeball, said orthokeratology lens being to be worn on a cornea surface of a preset eyeball, the surface of said orthokeratology lens being aspheric, said orthokeratology lens comprising a treatment zone through which light passes to image at a retina of said eyeball and a positioning zone of an non-visual area outside said treatment zone, said treatment zone comprising a base curve and a reverse curve formed on the outside of said base curve, said positioning zone comprising an alignment curve and a peripheral curve located outside said alignment curve, said orthokeratology lens being provided with said alignment curve and said peripheral curve of said positioning zone from the outer side of said base curve and said reverse curve of said treatment zone to the outside in sequence, a center point being formed in a center of said base curve, a junction of said base curve and said reverse curve forming a first point of intersection, a junction of said reverse curve and said alignment curve forming a second point of intersection, a junction of said alignment curve and said peripheral curve forming a third point of intersection, a linear distance between said center point of said base curve and said cornea of said preset eyeball being between 9 μm and 21 μm, a linear distance between said first point of intersection and said cornea of said preset eyeball being between 89 μm and 189 μm, an electronic device being used to simulate wearing said orthokeratology lens on said cornea, and a calculation formula being used to calculate the tear volume between said cornea and said base curve and said reverse curve of said preset orthokeratology lens, said calculation formula being: tear volume=

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0

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,

where BCW is a width of said base curve of said lens, RCW is a width of said reverse curve of said lens, f1(x) is the inner surface of said base curve of said lens, and f2(x) is the inner surface of said reverse curve of said lens, said base curve further comprising a first optical center inner curve (BC1) a second tear height inner curve (BC2), wherein an aspheric value [Ai] of said first optical center inner curve and said second tear height inner curve is:

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1

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an eccentricity value (e) is:

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wherein a width ratio of said first optical center inner curve and said second tear height inner curve of said base curve of said orthokeratology lens is 2:1, and when a length of said second tear height inner curve is 6 mm, an angle of said first optical center inner curve is 1.78°, and a sum of an angle of said first optical center inner curve and an angle of said second tear height inner curve is 2.34°.

2. The orthokeratology lens that uses aspheric E-value to control tear height to slow down the growth rate of the eyeball as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an eccentricity of said base curve of said orthokeratology lens is between −4 and 4, and the eccentricity of an image shell of the image on said retina of said preset eyeball is non-zero.

3. The orthokeratology lens that uses aspheric E-value to control tear height to slow down the growth rate of the eyeball as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said reverse curve of said orthokeratology lens is aspherical, and the linear distance between said second point of intersection between said reverse curve and said alignment curve and said cornea of said preset eyeball is between 15 μm and 25 μm.

4. The orthokeratology lens that uses aspheric E-value to control tear height to slow down the growth rate of the eyeball as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third point of intersection between said alignment curve and said peripheral curve of said orthokeratology lens is in contact with said cornea surface of said preset eyeball.

5. An orthokeratology lens that uses aspheric E-value to control tear height to slow down a growth rate of an eyeball,

said orthokeratology lens being to be worn on a cornea surface of a preset eyeball, the surface of said orthokeratology lens being aspheric, said orthokeratology lens comprising a treatment zone through which light passes to image at a retina of said eyeball and a positioning zone of an non-visual area outside said treatment zone, said treatment zone comprising a base curve and a reverse curve formed on the outside of said base curve, said positioning zone comprising an alignment curve and a peripheral curve located outside said alignment curve, said orthokeratology lens being provided with said alignment curve and said peripheral curve of said positioning zone from the outer side of said base curve and said reverse curve of said treatment zone to the outside in sequence, a center point being formed in a center of said base curve, a junction of said base curve and said reverse curve forming a first point of intersection, a junction of said reverse curve and said alignment curve forming a second point of intersection, a junction of said alignment curve and said peripheral curve forming a third point of intersection, a linear distance between said center point of said base curve and said cornea of said preset eyeball being between 9 μm and 21 μm, a linear distance between said first point of intersection and said cornea of said preset eyeball being between 89 μm and 189 μm, an electronic device being used to simulate wearing said orthokeratology lens on said cornea, and a calculation formula being used to calculate the tear volume between said cornea and said base curve and said reverse curve of said preset orthokeratology lens, said calculation formula being: tear volume=

∫

0

BCW

/

2

f

⁢

1

⁢

(

x

)

⁢

dx

+

∫

BCW

/

2

(

BCW

+

RCW

)

/

2

f

⁢

2

⁢

(

x

)

⁢

dx

,

where BCW is a width of said base curve of said lens, RCW is a width of said reverse curve of said lens, f1(x) is the inner surface of said base curve of said lens, and f2(x) is the inner surface of said reverse curve of said lens, said base curve further comprising a first optical center inner curve (BC1) a second tear height inner curve (BC2), wherein an aspheric value [Ai] of said first optical center inner curve and said second tear height inner curve is:

B

⁢

C

⁢

1

-

BC

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2

=

cr

2

1

+

1

-

(

1

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2

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c

2

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r

2

+

∑

i

=

1

N

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A

i

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(

x

,

y

)

=

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an eccentricity value (e) is:

e

2

=

1

+

-

1

+

(

cr

2

SAG

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-

∑

i

=

1

N

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A

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P

i

(

x

,

y

)

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1

)

2

c

2

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2

.

wherein a width ratio of said first optical center inner curve and said second tear height inner curve of said base curve of said orthokeratology lens is 2:1, and when a length of said second tear height inner curve is 5.5 mm, an angle of said first optical center inner curve is 1.657°, and a sum of an angle of said first optical center inner curve and an angle of said second tear height inner curve is 2.238°.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2022
From: WU, I-TSUNG; LIN, WEN-PIN; LI, WEN-KAI
To: BRIGHTEN OPTIX CORP.
Reel/Frame 060135/0925 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 106217150 · Nov 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation In Part 17707131 · Mar 29, 2022
Continuation In Part 16707519 · Dec 9, 2019
Continuation In Part 16707519 · Dec 9, 2019
Continuation 16158833 · Oct 12, 2018
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