| CooperVision International Holding Company, LP Patent applications |
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| 20120113388 | Use Of Accommodative Error Measurements In Providing Ophthalmic Lenses - Methods of making or providing ophthalmic lenses include using accommodative error measurements in the design or selection of one or more ophthalmic lenses. In some examples, the ophthalmic lenses are contact lenses. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113386 | Small Optic Zone Contact Lenses And Methods - Contact lenses provide clear visual acuity and simultaneously present a myopic defocused image to the lens wearer at both near viewing distances and distant viewing distances. The present contact lenses have an optic zone that has a radius of less than or equal to 2.5 mm. Stated differently, the diameter of the optic zone of the present contact lenses is 5.0 mm or less. The present lenses are used in methods to reduce progression of myopia in a person capable of ocular accommodation. Methods of manufacturing the present lenses are described. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20110281968 | Polymerizable Contact Lens Formulations And Contact Lenses Obtained Therefrom - Contact lenses, such as hydrogel contact lenses, are described. The present contact lenses include a lens body that is the reaction product of a polymerizable composition. The polymerizable composition includes one or more monomers and a crosslinker that crosslinks the one or more monomers during polymerization. The polymerization of the one or more monomers occurs in the presence of a hydrophilic polymer that is present in the polymerizable composition, which comprises a polymer of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine. The present lenses are capable of releasing the hydrophilic polymer from the contact lens for prolonged periods of time and also have a reduced surface friction compared to similar lenses without the hydrophilic polymer. The present invention also relates to packaging systems for use with such lenses and methods of producing such lenses. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110085128 | Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses and Methods of Making Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses - Silicone hydrogel contact lenses, when hydrated, have a plurality of depressions on one or more of the lens surfaces. The depressions have a depth less than 1 micrometer, or less than 100 nanometers. The silicone hydrogel contact lenses have not been subject to treatment with plasma. Methods of manufacturing the silicone hydrogel contact lenses are also disclosed. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110068496 | THERMAL CURING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING CONTACT LENSES - Contact lens curing systems and methods are described. A contact lens curing system includes an oven that has a plurality of curing zones, a mold advancement system for moving the contact lens mold assemblies between the plurality of zones, and a controlled atmosphere within the curing zones that provides a substantially chemically inert environment in which contact lens precursor materials can be polymerized in contact lens mold assemblies located in the curing zones. Methods of producing contact lenses include curing contact lens precursor materials in contact lens mold assemblies in the lens curing system. As an example, an oven for curing contact precursor materials in molds, the curing process being done in an inert atmosphere, includes a plurality of heating zones, such as three heating zones | 03-24-2011 |
| 20100300902 | HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES AND PACKAGE SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTION METHODS FOR SAME - Contact lenses ready for use in an eye are provided including a contact lens body containing a hydrophilic polymeric component and a water soluble polymer component. Such contact lenses, which preferably are wet cast molded, are particularly useful as disposable or single use lenses. New contact lens packaging systems and production methods are also provided. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100270693 | Systems and Methods for Producing Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses - Systems and methods for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses are described. Certain of the present systems include a contact lens mold forming station, a station for filling a contact lens mold section with a lens precursor composition and for placing a second mold section on the filled mold section to form a contact lens mold assembly, a curing station for forming a contact lens, a mold assembly separation station, and an extraction/hydration station. Certain of the present methods include forming a plurality of mold sections, placing a lens precursor composition on a surface of a first mold section, placing a second mold section on the first mold section, polymerizing the lens precursor composition, separating the first and second mold sections, removing the silicone hydrogel contact lens from one of the mold sections, extracting extractable components from the contact lens, and hydrating the contact lens. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100258963 | Contact lens molds and systems and methods for producing same - Contact lens molds and systems and methods for producing contact lens molds are described. The contact lens mold sections include two optical quality surfaces, a flange circumscribing at least a portion of the two optical quality surfaces, and an elongate member extending from the flange. Two mold sections can contact one another to form a mold assembly having a contact lens shaped cavity. The mold sections are structured to form a contact lens having an edge that does not require further physical modification before placement on an eye. Systems and methods are described which direct a molten polymeric material into cavities corresponding to the mold sections. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100230838 | Systems and methods for producing contact lenses from a polymerizable compositon - Methods for producing contact lenses from a polymerizable composition are provided. The methods generally include providing a carrier carrying a plurality of molds each of which contains a polymerizable composition. A chamber is provided which contains a light source providing light to the chamber effective to facilitate polymerization of the polymerizable composition. The molds in the carrier are exposed to the light in the chamber. During this exposing, the light source is monitored, for example, using digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) technology. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20090264553 | Wettable Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses and Related Compositions and Methods - Silicone hydrogel contact lenses having ophthalmically acceptable surface wettabilities are obtained from pre-extracted polymerized silicone hydrogel contact lens products having relatively large amounts of removable or extractable materials. The silicone hydrogel contact lenses can be obtained from non-polar resin based contact lens molds and without surface treatments or an interpenetrating polymeric network of a polymeric wetting agent. Related lens products, polymerizable compositions, and methods are also described. | 10-22-2009 |
