FREE FORM CUSTOM LENS DESIGN MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND BUSINESS METHOD
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1. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
- a) obtaining at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement of the patient;
b) providing said at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement to a free form custom lens manufacturing system;
c) producing a customized lens using the free form custom lens manufacturing system; and
d) providing said custom lens to the patient.
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A method, system and apparatus for providing vision correction to a patient is disclosed. The method, system and apparatus involve a) obtaining at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement of the patient; b) providing the at least one bare eye data measurement, the habitual lens data measurement and/or the fitting lens data measurement to a free form custom lens manufacturing system; c) producing a customized lens using the free form custom lens manufacturing system; and d) providing the custom lens to the patient.
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1. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
- a) obtaining at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement of the patient;
b) providing said at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement to a free form custom lens manufacturing system;
c) producing a customized lens using the free form custom lens manufacturing system; and
d) providing said custom lens to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a) obtaining at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement of the patient;
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12. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
- a) obtaining at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement; and
b) providing a display of available vision correction for said at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement in the form of at least one of a picture, a computer simulation, a graphic display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
- a) obtaining at least one bare eye data measurement, habitual lens data measurement and/or fitting lens data measurement; and
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16. An apparatus for forming a custom lens, comprising:
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a computer processor in digital communication with a digital media storage device, wherein the digital media storage device stores software code; a transmitter in logical communication with the processor and also in logical communication with a communication network, wherein the software is executable upon demand and operative with the processor to; receive data descriptive of a characteristic of a patient'"'"'s eye; receive data descriptive of a fitting lens measurement; and transmit the data descriptive of a characteristic of the patient'"'"'s eye and the data descriptive of a fitting lens measurement to a manufacturing apparatus;
wherein the manufacturing apparatus generates one or more custom lenses based upon the data descriptive of the characteristic of the patient'"'"'s eye and the data descriptive of the fitting lens measurement.
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