Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
351159680 | Fluid lens | 13 |
20120274894 | Fluid Filled Lenses and Mechanisms of Inflation Thereof - An actuator for a fluid-filled lens including a housing having a first and a second end; a reservoir disposed within the housing. In an embodiment, a slider is slidingly disposed within the housing and disposed adjacent to the reservoir. In an embodiment, the actuator further includes a compression arm having a first end that is fixed and a second end that is not fixed, wherein the compression arm is disposed adjacent to the reservoir. Sliding the slider from one end of the housing to the other causes the slider to push the second end of the compression arm so as to compress the reservoir. In an embodiment, the slider includes a first end having a wedge shape configured to compress the reservoir. Sliding of the slider from one end of the housing to the other causes the first end of the slider to compress the reservoir. | 11-01-2012 |
20130229618 | LIQUID MENISCUS LENS WITH IMPROVED SALINE FORMULATION - The present invention relates generally to a high-efficiency Electrowetting saline solution formulation. Specific embodiments include high-efficiency Electrowetting saline formulations that maximize the electrical performance of an arcuate liquid meniscus lens incorporated in an ophthalmic lens and operated using direct current. | 09-05-2013 |
20140016089 | Variable Focus Liquid Filled Lens Apparatus - A variable focus optical apparatus including a rigid, curved, transparent optical component; two transparent, distensible membranes attached to a periphery of the rigid optical component to define two cavities, a first cavity between the rigid optical component and a first membrane and a second cavity between the first membrane and a second membrane; and a variable amount of fluid filling each of the cavities, and a reservoir Containing additional fluid and in fluid communication with the cavity, wherein the reservoir is configured to provide injection of fluid into the cavity or withdrawal of fluid out of the cavity in response to a force or an impulse. | 01-16-2014 |
20140028971 | Eyeglasses to compensate for fluctuating vision - Adjustable focus eyeglasses where the range of adjustment can be moved. That is, if a pair of adjustable focus eyeglasses have a range of 0 diopters to 2.75 diopters (to provide a 2.75 D ADD for reading for an emmetrope), this invention could, for example, permit the user to move the range from OD to 2.75 D to 2.00 D to 4.75 D so as to accommodate a short term change in the user's distance vision requirement. Each eye can be adjusted independently. | 01-30-2014 |
20140071399 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - Optical apparatus comprises at least one variable power lens | 03-13-2014 |
20140253872 | SEALING SYSTEM FOR USE IN VARIABLE FOCUS LENSES - The present disclosure provides a sealing device for use in variable focus lenses that includes a guide member having at least one internal cavity and a passageway intersecting the internal cavity. A pinch member is slidably engaged within the internal cavity of the guide member and a portion of the pinch member slides across the passageway and into a portion of the internal cavity to deform and seal a fluid tube extending through the passageway. A set of adjustable eyeglasses employing the sealing device is also provided. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253873 | METHOD OF FORMING VARIABLE FOCUS EYEWEAR - A method of forming a support member to a flexible membrane is provided by the present disclosure. In one form, the method includes placing the flexible membrane onto an outer periphery of a fixed tool, translating a movable tool towards the fixed tool, and engaging the flexible membrane such that the flexible membrane is deformed and placed into tension. A molten resin is then injected into a support ring molding cavity, and the resin is allowed to cool such that the support ring is secured to the tensioned flexible membrane. The movable tool is then translated away from the fixed tool to eject a flexible membrane and support ring assembly. | 09-11-2014 |
20140368789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODULATING PRISM AND CURVATURE CHANGE OF REFRACTIVE INTERFACES - An adaptive lens system comprises i) a lens compartment with a transparent cover; ii) a deformable transparent optical element mounted in the lens compartment which forms a sealed upper chamber in the lens compartment between the transparent cover and the upper surface of the optical element, and also defining a lower region external to the lower surface of the optical element; iii) a first transparent fluid medium in the upper chamber and a second transparent fluid medium in the lower region, the first and second fluid media having different refractive indices; iv) a structural element located in and movable in the upper chamber relative to the deformable optical element to mechanically engage the deformable optical element to thereby alter the curvature of the deformable optical element, thereby altering the refractive power or the prismatic effect of the adaptive lens system. | 12-18-2014 |
20150055084 | Deformable Membrane Assemblies - The present invention provides a deformable membrane assembly | 02-26-2015 |
20150116656 | Deformable Membrane Assemblies - A deformable membrane assembly | 04-30-2015 |
20150331257 | METHOD OF FORMING VARIABLE FOCUS EYEWEAR - A method of forming a support member to a flexible membrane is provided by the present disclosure. In one form, the method includes placing the flexible membrane onto an outer periphery of a fixed tool, translating a movable tool towards the fixed tool, and engaging the flexible membrane such that the flexible membrane is deformed and placed into tension. A molten resin is then injected into a support ring molding cavity, and the resin is allowed to cool such that the support ring is secured to the tensioned flexible membrane. The movable tool is then translated away from the fixed tool to eject a flexible membrane and support ring assembly. | 11-19-2015 |
20160004099 | Improvements in or Relating to the Manufacture of Variable Focus Fluid Lenses - A method of manufacturing a variable focus fluid lens assembly which includes mounting a membrane assembly within a recess formed in a lens housing said assembly including a distensible transparent membrane supported round its periphery by a supporting member and a flexible tubular wall having first and second opposite ends one of said ends being joined to the supporting member to form a cavity within the wall that is closed at the one end by the membrane; filling the cavity with a transparent fluid and fitting a transparent cover plate to the housing across the other end of the wall. The other end being joined sealingly to the cover plate or to the housing thereby to seal the cavity to form a compressible fluid-filled envelope. The cover plate may include a fixed lens selected from a stock of lenses having the same shape for fitting to the lens assembly, but different other optical properties, such for example as different base curves and/or decentration distances. | 01-07-2016 |
20160161768 | FLUID FILLED LENSES AND MECHANISMS OF INFLATION THEREOF - An actuator for a fluid-filled lens including a housing having a first and second end; a reservoir disposed within the housing is disclosed. In an embodiment, the actuator further includes a compression arm having a first end that is fixed at a pivot and a second end that is not fixed such that the compression arm flexes to compress the reservoir. | 06-09-2016 |