Toric contact lenses with controlled optical power profile

• US 7,497,572 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2007
• Issued: 03/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcon Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Novartis Ag
• Inventors: Ye, Ming, Lindacher, Joseph Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Collins; Darryl J
• Application Number:
  US11/879,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20080013043A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 351160 R-160 H
• US Class Current: 351/160.00R
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2202/08 Series of lenses, lens blanks
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2202/22 Correction of higher order and chromatic aberrations, wave front measurement and calculation
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/028 Special mathematical design techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/042 Simultaneous type
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/044 Annular configuration, e.g. pupil tuned

Abstract

The present invention provides a toric contact lens having a controlled optical power profile. In addition, the invention provides a series of toric contact lenses, each having a series of different targeted cylindrical optical powers and a series of different targeted spherical optical powers, and each having a spherical aberration profile in which (1) the optical power deviations of the lens are substantially constant; (2) power deviation at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about −0.5 diopter to about −1.5 diopters; (3) power deviation at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about 0.2 diopter to about 1.0 diopter smaller than power deviations at a distance of 2 mm from the optical axis; or (4) there is a spherical aberration component described by any one of fourth order, sixth order, eighth order Zernike spherical aberration-like terms, or combination thereof, wherein the spherical aberration component has a value of −0.5 diopter to about −1.5 diopters at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis.

Claims

1. A toric contact lens, comprising an optical axis, an anterior surface having a first optical zone, and an opposite posterior surface having a second optical zone, wherein one of the first optical zone or the second optical zone is a toroidal surface whereas the other zone is non-toroidal surface which is a spherical surface or an aspheric surface, wherein the toroidal and non-toroidal surfaces combine to provide a targeted cylindrical optical power and a targeted spherical optical power, wherein at least one of the first and second optical zone has an aspherical surface which is designed to provide, in combination with the surface of the other optical zone, a controlled optical power profile which is substantially rotationally-symmetric with respect to the optical axis or incorporates a spherical aberration component, wherein the spherical aberration component is described by any one of fourth order, sixth order, eighth order Zernike spherical aberration-like terms and has a spherical aberration value of from about −

0.5 diopter to about −

1.5 diopters at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis.

2. The toric contact lens of claim 1, wherein the controlled optical power profile is substantially rotationally-symmetric with respect to the optical axis.

3. The toric contact lens of claim 1, wherein the controlled optical power profile incorporates a spherical aberration component, wherein the spherical aberration component is described by any one of fourth order, sixth order, eighth order Zernike spherical aberration-like terms and has a spherical aberration value of from about −

0.5 diopters to about −

1.5 diopters.

4. The toric contact lens of claim 1, wherein the lens has an optical power deviation of from about −

0.8 diopters to about −

1.1 diopters at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis.

5. The toric contact lens of claim 1, wherein the toroidal surface is formed by defining a curve in the Y-Z plane and then rotating this curve around an axis parallel to the Y-axis from a distance r, wherein the Z-axis passes through the apex of the curve in normal direction, wherein the value of the distance r is selected based on the targeted cylindrical optical power, wherein the curve is defined by any mathematic function to provide the targeted spherical optical power.

6. The toric contact lens of claim 5, wherein the curve is defined by Equation 1 or 2

7. The toric contact lens of claim 1, wherein the toroidal surface is defined by Equation 3

8. The toric contact lens of claim 1, wherein the optical axis of a contact lens coincides with the central axis which passes through the geometrical centers of the anterior and posterior surfaces.

9. The toric contact lens of claim 1, wherein the optical axis coincides substantially with the line-of-sight (LOS) of an eye.

10. The toric contact lens of claim 1, wherein the non-toroidal surface comprises a central circular area having a diameter of from about 2.0 mm to about 3.5 mm and an annular region surrounding the central circular area, wherein the central circular area and the annular region are concentric with the optical axis, wherein the toroidal and non-toroidal surface combine together to provide a targeted cylindrical optical power to correct astigmatism vision errors and a multifocal spherical optical power to compensate for presbyopia.

11. The toric contact lens of claim 10, wherein the central circular area is a progressive power addition zone for near vision correction and optionally for intermediate vision correction, wherein the annular region surrounding the central circular area is a distance vision zone.

12. A series of toric contact lenses, each having a targeted spherical optical power of from about −

15 diopters to about 10 diopters and a targeted cylindrical optical power, wherein each contact lens in the series has an optical axis, an anterior surface having a first optical zone, and an opposite posterior surface having a second optical zone, wherein one of the first and second optical zones is a toroidal surface whereas the other optical zone is a non-toroidal spherical or aspherical surface, wherein the surface of at least one of the first and second optical zone is designed to provide, in combination with the surface of the other optical zone, provide a controlled optical power profile in which (1) the optical power deviations of the lens are substantially constant;

(2) power deviation at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about −

0.5 diopter to about −

1.5 diopters;

(3) power deviation at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about 0.2 diopter to about 1.0 diopter smaller than power deviations at a distance of 2 mm from the optical axis;

or (4) there is a spherical aberration component described by any one of fourth order, sixth order, eighth order Zernike spherical aberration-like terms, or combination thereof, wherein the spherical aberration component has a value of −

0.5 diopter to about −

1.5 diopters at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis.

13. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein each lens in the series is substantially free of optical power deviations.

14. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein each lens in the series has power deviation of from about −

0.5 diopter to about −

1.5 diopters at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis.

15. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein, for each lens, power deviation at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about 0.2 diopter to about 1.0 diopter smaller than power deviations at a distance of 2 mm from the optical axis.

16. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein the controlled optical power profile incorporates a spherical aberration component described by any one of fourth order, sixth order, eighth order Zernike spherical aberration-like terms, or combination thereof, wherein the spherical aberration component has a value of −

0.5 diopter to about −

1.5 diopters at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis.

17. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein the optical power deviation profile of each lens in the series are substantially rotationally-symmetric, wherein each lens having a targeted spherical optical power of from 0 to about 15 diopters is substantially free of optical power deviation;

each lens having a targeted spherical optical power of from about −

1.0 diopter to about −

6.0 diopters has a power deviation profile mimicking that of a spherical lens with identical targeted spherical optical power; and

each lens having a targeted spherical optical power of from about −

6.0 diopter to about −

15.0 diopters has a controlled optical power profile in which power deviation at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about 0.2 diopters to about 1.0 diopter less than the optical power deviation at a distance of 2 mm from the optical axis.

18. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein all lenses in the series have one substantially identical power deviation profile in which power deviation at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about −

0.5 diopters to about −

1.5 diopters.

19. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein all lenses in the series have a substantially identical power deviation profile in which power deviation at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about 0.2 diopters to about 1.0 diopter less than the power deviation at a distance of 2 mm from the optical axis.

20. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein all lenses in the series have a substantially identical spherical aberration component which has a spherical aberration value of −

0.5 diopter to about −

1.5 diopters, preferably from about −

0.8 diopters to about −

1.1 diopters, at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis.

21. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein all lenses in the series have a substantially identical spherical aberration component in which spherical aberration value at a distance of 3 mm from the optical axis is from about 0.2 diopters to about 1.0 diopter smaller than that at a distance of 2 mm from the optical axis.

22. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein the non-toroidal surface comprises a central circular area having a diameter of from about 2.0 mm to about 3.5 mm and an annular region surrounding the central circular area, wherein the central circular area and the annular region are concentric with the optical axis, wherein the non-toroidal surface and the toroidal surface combine together to provide a targeted cylindrical optical power to correct astigmatism vision errors and a multifocal spherical power to compensate for presbyopia.

23. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein the toroidal surface is formed by defining a curve in the Y-Z plane and then rotating this curve around an axis parallel to the Y-axis from a distance r, wherein the Z-axis passes through the apex of the curve in normal direction, wherein the value of the distance r is selected based on the targeted cylindrical optical power, wherein the curve is defined by any mathematic function to provide the targeted spherical optical power.

24. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 23, wherein the curve is defined by Equation 1 or 2

25. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein the toroidal surface is defined by Equation 3

26. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein the optical axis of a contact lens is the central axis which passes through the geometrical centers of the anterior and posterior surfaces.

27. The series of toric contact lenses of claim 12, wherein the optical axis coincides substantially with the line-of-sight (LOS) of an eye.