Intraocular lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function
First Claim
1. An intraocular lens configured to improve vision for a patient'"'"'s eye, the intraocular lens comprising:
- an optic comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface and the second surface intersected by an optical axis, the optic being symmetric about the optical axis, wherein the first and the second surface of the optic are aspheric,wherein the optic is configured to improve image quality of an image produced by light incident on the patient'"'"'s eye at an oblique angle with respect to the optical axis and focused at a peripheral retinal location disposed at a distance from the fovea,wherein the image quality is improved by reducing oblique astigmatism at the peripheral retinal location, andwherein a shape factor of the intraocular lens is configured such that the intraocular lens has a modulation transfer function (MTF) of at least 0.3 for a spatial frequency of 30 cycles/mm for both the tangential and the sagittal foci at the peripheral retinal location.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing symmetric or asymmetric optic with aspheric surface which redirects and/or focuses light incident on the eye at oblique angles onto a peripheral retinal location. The intraocular lens can include a redirection element (e.g., a prism, a diffractive element, or an optical component with a decentered GRIN profile) configured to direct incident light along a deflected optical axis and to focus an image at a location on the peripheral retina. Optical properties of the intraocular lens can be configured to improve or reduce peripheral errors at the location on the peripheral retina. One or more surfaces of the intraocular lens can be a toric surface, a higher order aspheric surface, an aspheric Zernike surface or a Biconic Zernike surface.
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10 Claims
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1. An intraocular lens configured to improve vision for a patient'"'"'s eye, the intraocular lens comprising:
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an optic comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface and the second surface intersected by an optical axis, the optic being symmetric about the optical axis, wherein the first and the second surface of the optic are aspheric, wherein the optic is configured to improve image quality of an image produced by light incident on the patient'"'"'s eye at an oblique angle with respect to the optical axis and focused at a peripheral retinal location disposed at a distance from the fovea, wherein the image quality is improved by reducing oblique astigmatism at the peripheral retinal location, and wherein a shape factor of the intraocular lens is configured such that the intraocular lens has a modulation transfer function (MTF) of at least 0.3 for a spatial frequency of 30 cycles/mm for both the tangential and the sagittal foci at the peripheral retinal location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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