Customized vision correction method and business
First Claim
1. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
- a) engaging the patient in a practitioner'"'"'s facility;
b) obtaining in said facility a wavefront aberration measurement of an eye of the patient;
d) providing said wavefront aberration measurement to a custom lens supply platform in a form suitable for input to said supply platform;
e) producing a customized lens via the supply platform according to data associated with the wavefront aberration measurement; and
c) providing said custom lens to the patient or the practitioner.
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Abstract
A method and business architecture for providing vision correction to a patient involves obtaining wavefront aberration measurement information and, optionally, patient history data, ordering data, dispensing data, billing data, and other information, from the patient; transmitting the various data to respective appropriate platforms, e.g., transmitting the wavefront aberration information to a custom lens supply platform; producing a custom lens for the patient; and delivering a custom lens to the patient in a personalized manner. The method further involves fitting and measurement processes including in-situ lens shaping and custom manufacture of contact lenses, IOLs, inlays or onlays by laser ablation, lathing, casting/molding and machining. Business architectures according to the invention include segregating vision correction method steps into contractual, revenue generating business transactions.
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59 Claims
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1. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
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a) engaging the patient in a practitioner'"'"'s facility;
b) obtaining in said facility a wavefront aberration measurement of an eye of the patient;
d) providing said wavefront aberration measurement to a custom lens supply platform in a form suitable for input to said supply platform;
e) producing a customized lens via the supply platform according to data associated with the wavefront aberration measurement; and
c) providing said custom lens to the patient or the practitioner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
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a) engaging the patient in a practitioner'"'"'s facility;
b) obtaining a wavefront aberration measurement from the patient in said practitioner'"'"'s facility;
c) transmitting said wavefront aberration measurement to a custom lens supply platform;
d) manufacturing a custom lens at said supply platform; and
e) providing said patient with visual performance better than an improved visual performance resulting from a conventional refraction. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
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a) engaging the patient in a practitioner'"'"'s facility;
b) obtaining a wavefront aberration measurement of the patient'"'"'s eye;
d) providing a display of said wavefront aberration measurement in the form of at least one of a picture, a computer simulation, a graphic display, and a mathematical representation of said wavefront. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
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a) engaging a patient in a practitioner'"'"'s facility;
b) fitting the patient with a trial contact lens having a non-customized anterior surface shape;
c) providing a mark on said trial lens that identifies a geometric center of a surface of the trial lens;
d) obtaining a wavefront aberration measurement from the patient'"'"'s eye along an axis passing through the geometric center of the lens; and
d) transmitting said aberration measurement to a custom contact lens supply platform. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
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a) engaging a patient in a practitioner'"'"'s facility;
b) fitting the patient with a trial lens having a non-customized anterior surface shape;
c) obtaining a wavefront aberration measurement from the patient'"'"'s eye with the trial lens engaged;
d) transmitting said aberration measurement to a device adapted for custom-shaping the anterior lens surface; and
e) performing in-situ custom shaping of the anterior lens surface via the device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 57)
providing a mark on said trial lens that identifies a geometric center of a surface of the trial lens prior to custom shaping the anterior surface; and
measuring the wavefront from the patient'"'"'s eye along an axis passing through the geometric center of the lens.
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46. The method according to claim 45, further comprising dilating the patient'"'"'s pupil such that it has a size to cover approximately 75% or more of an optical zone of the trial lens.
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47. The method according to claim 36, wherein said custom lens is produced by at least one of laser ablating, lathing, machining, and cast-molding a surface of the lens.
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48. The method according to claim 38, wherein said custom lens supply platform comprises at least one of a lens laser ablation system, a lens lathing system, and a lens cast-molding system.
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49. The method according to claim 45 further comprising custom shaping the anterior surface of the lens in-situ along the measured wavefront axis.
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57. The method according to claim 33, wherein obtaining a wavefront aberration measurement includes the further steps of:
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allowing the trial lens to come to a resting position on the patient'"'"'s eye;
aligning a visual axis of the patient'"'"'s eye to a measurement axis of a metrology device that measures the wavefront aberration;
shifting the measurement axis of the metrology device to an axis that is parallel to the visual axis and which passes through the geometric center of the trial lens; and
obtaining the wavefront measurement relative to the geometric center of the lens.
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50. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
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a) engaging the patient with a device adapted to measure a wavefront aberration of the patient'"'"'s eye;
b) providing an output from said device, said output including information about said wavefront aberration, said output further being in a form suitable or adaptable for input to a custom lens supply platform;
c) transmitting said data to at least one of a practitioner and said lens supply platform;
d) making said lens via said custom lens supply platform; and
e) providing the practitioner or the patient with said lens. - View Dependent Claims (51)
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52. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
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measuring an ocular characteristic of the patient'"'"'s eye wherein said measurement includes at least one of topography data and wavefront aberration data;
evaluating said measurement, said evaluation producing an option matrix that includes at least a comparison of prospective vision correction as a function of a prospective eye treatment. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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58. A method for providing vision correction to a patient, comprising:
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a) engaging a patient in a practitioner'"'"'s facility;
b) fitting the patient with a trial lens having a non-customized anterior surface shape;
c) allowing the trial lens to come to a resting position on the patient'"'"'s eye;
d) aligning a visual axis of the patient'"'"'s eye to a measurement axis of a metrology device that measures a wavefront aberration measurement of the eye;
e) shifting the measurement axis of the metrology device to an axis that is parallel to the visual axis and which passes through the geometric center of the trial lens; and
f) obtaining the wavefront aberration measurement relative to the geometric center of the trial lens. - View Dependent Claims (59)
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