TORIC INTRAOCULAR LENS WITH MODIFIED POWER CHARACTERISTICS

• US 20090323020A1
• Filed: 08/17/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Piers, Patricia Ann, Weeber, Hendrik A., ZHAO, HUAWEI
• Granted Patent: US 8,439,498 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 351/169
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/1613 having special lens configurations, e.g. multipart lenses; having particular optical properties, e.g. pseudo-accommodative lenses, lenses having aberration corrections, diffractive lenses, lenses for variably absorbing electromagnetic radiation, lenses having variable focus
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/1645 Toric lenses
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/1654 Diffractive lenses
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0053 differing in optical properties
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2202/02 Mislocation tolerant lenses or lens systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2202/20 Diffractive and Fresnel lenses or lens portions
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/027 considering wearer's parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/028 Special mathematical design techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/04 Contact lenses for the eyes disinfection or sterilisation of contact lenses A61L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/042 Simultaneous type
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/044 Annular configuration, e.g. pupil tuned
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/045 Sectorial configuration

Abstract

An intraocular lens for correcting or reducing the astigmatism of a cornea includes an optical element that has optical properties and characteristics that make it tolerant of rotational misalignment, when compared to a comparable lens having a uniform astigmatism orientation across its entire optical element, leading to more relaxed tolerances for a surgeon that implants the lens. The optical element of the toric ophthalmic lens has meridians associated therewith, including a high power meridian and a low power meridian orthogonal to the high power meridian. The optical element has at least one radially modulated meridian along which power monotonically varies with increasing radial position.

Claims

1. A toric ophthalmic lens comprising an optical element, the optical element having meridians associated therewith, including a high power meridian and a low power meridian orthogonal to the high power meridian, the optical element having at least one radially modulated meridian along which power monotonically varies with increasing radial position.

2. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein power along the at least one radially modulated meridian monotonically decreases with increasing radial position.

3. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 2, wherein power along the at least one radially modulated meridian strictly decreases with increasing radial position.

4. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein power along the at least one radially modulated meridian monotonically increases with increasing radial position.

5. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein power along the at least one radially modulated meridian strictly increases with increasing radial position.

6. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein power along the at least one radially modulated meridian monotonically decreases, with increasing radial position, to zero.

7. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 6, wherein power along the at least one radially modulated meridian reaches zero at a radial position inside a periphery of the optical element.

8. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein power along the at least one radially modulated meridian monotonically varies in a continuous manner with increasing radial position.

9. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein power along the at least one radially modulated meridian monotonically varies in a stepwise manner with increasing radial position.

10. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 1, further comprising a diffraction grating, wherein the diffraction grating provides a first focus point and a second focus point.

11. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein along the high power meridian, the integral of power times radius squared is equal to the nominal power times the area of a clear aperture of the optical element.

12. A toric ophthalmic lens comprising an optical element, the optical element having meridians associated therewith, including a high power meridian and a low power meridian orthogonal to the high power meridian, the power varying with increasing radial position, wherein along the high power meridian:

between an originating position and a respective first radial position, power equals a respective nominal power;

between the respective first radial position and a respective second radial position, power is greater than the respective nominal power; and

between the respective second radial position and a respective third radial position, power is less than the respective nominal power.

13. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 12, wherein between the respective first radial position and the respective second radial position, power equals an overcorrection power.

14. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 13, wherein the overcorrection power exceeds the nominal power by no more than 1.5 diopters.

15. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 12, wherein between the respective second radial position and the respective third radial position, power equals an undercorrection power.

16. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 15, wherein the nominal power exceeds the undercorrection power by no more than 1.5 diopters.

17. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 12, wherein along the high power meridian, the integral of power times radius squared is equal to the nominal power times the area of a clear aperture of the optical element.

18. The toric ophthalmic lens of claim 12, wherein the optical element comprises a diffraction grating.

19. A method of manufacturing a toric ophthalmic lens having meridians associated therewith, including a reference meridian, a high power meridian, and a low power meridian orthogonal to the high power meridian, the method comprising:

providing a standard toric lens function that defines power such that each meridian corresponds to a respective constant power;

applying a modification function to the standard toric lens function to obtain a modified toric lens function, wherein the modification function is a function of radial position and angle position relative to the reference meridian, and wherein the modified toric lens function results in non-constant power along at least one meridian; and

fabricating the toric ophthalmic lens in accordance with the modified toric lens function.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the modified toric lens function results in at least one radially modified meridian along which power monotonically varies with increasing radial position.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein power along the at least one radially modified meridian monotonically decreases with increasing radial position.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein power along the at least one radially modified meridian monotonically increases with increasing radial position.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the modified toric lens function results in radially modified meridians along which power varies with increasing radial position, and for each radially modified meridian:

between an originating position and a respective first radial position, power equals a respective nominal power;

between the respective first radial position and a respective second radial position, power is greater than the respective nominal power; and

between the respective second radial position and a respective third radial position, power is less than the respective nominal power.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein:

between the respective first radial position and the respective second radial position, power equals an overcorrection power; and

between the respective second radial position and the respective third radial position, power equals an undercorrection power.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein fabricating the toric ophthalmic lens comprises the step of creating a diffraction grating.