×

Colored contact lens and method of making same

  • US 6,733,126 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2001
  • Issued: 05/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A colored contact lens comprising:

  • a generally uncolored pupil region;

    a generally annular-shaped iris region surrounding the pupil region and adapted to cover at least 80% of a wearer'"'"'s iris when the wearer is wearing the contact lens;

    a multicolored pattern on the iris region, the multicolored pattern being sufficiently colored to change the apparent color of an iris of a person wearing the contact lens, the multicolored pattern comprising a plurality of color elements, the color elements being sufficiently colored to mask regions of the wearer'"'"'s iris which underlie the color elements when the wearer is wearing the contact lens;

    at least one generally uncolored region defined by one or more of the colored elements, the at least one generally uncolored region comprising at least one generally uncolored segment, the at least one segment having a length of at least 30 microns and a width of no greater than 60 microns, the at least one generally uncolored region being sufficiently devoid of colorant so as not to mask regions of the wearer'"'"'s iris which underlie the at least one generally uncolored region when the wearer is wearing the contact lens, the at least one generally uncolored segment being sufficiently devoid of colorant so as not to mask regions of the wearer'"'"'s iris which underlie the at least one generally uncolored segment when the wearer is wearing the contact lens;

    the multicolored pattern comprising a plurality of crypts of Fuchs elements each having the appearance of a crypts of Fuchs, each of the plurality of crypts of Fuchs elements being comprised of at least some of the color elements, each of the plurality of crypts of Fuchs elements contrasting in color with the color elements adjacent the crypts of Fuchs elements and having a generally oblong shape.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×