DYNAMIC PRESBYOPIA CORRECTION IN ELECTRONIC CONTACT LENSES

• Main Author: LEMOFF, Brian, Elliot
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.09.2022
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTACT LENSES; COUNTING; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURESAS SPECTACLES; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

A contact lens comprises a variable focal length lens embedded within the contact lens and a plurality of oxygen channels extending from an oxygen-permeable outer layer of the contact lens to an oxygen-permeable inner layer of the contact lens. The variable focal length lens is embedded within a non-oxygen-permeable core layer of the contact lens. The contact lens comprises a controller configured to change the operating mode of the contact lens by adjusting the focal distance of the variable focal length lens, for instance in response to an input from a user or in response to determining that the user is looking at a nearby object. For instance, the controller can configure the contact lens to operate in a reading mode or in a normal focus mode.