Toric optic for ophthalmic use

• US 8,256,896 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Zhao, Huawei
• Primary Examiner(s): Collins, Darryl J
• Application Number:
  US12/713,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20110205486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 922 Days
• Field of Search: 351159-177, 351/159.01, 351/159.02, 351/159.2, 351/159.38, 351/159.71, 351/159.72, 623/4.1, 623/5.11, 623/6.11, 623 623- 655
• US Class Current: 351/159.72
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/1637 Correcting aberrations caused by inhomogeneities; correcting intrinsic aberrations, e.g. of the cornea, of the surface of the natural lens, aspheric, cylindrical, toric lenses
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/1645 Toric lenses
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2240/002 Designing or making customized prostheses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/024 Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/04 Contact lenses for the eyes disinfection or sterilisation of contact lenses A61L12/00

Abstract

An ophthalmic lens for modifying or reducing non-axisymmetric higher order aberrations includes an optic body disposed about an optical axis having a primary meridian and an orthogonal secondary meridian. The optic body comprises an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface. The optic body includes an optic zone comprising a base shape that is configured to form an image or focus from light incident on the surfaces, either alone or when used within an optical system. The optic body also includes a higher order toric shape that is imposed on or added to one of the surfaces. The higher order toric shape also includes a first profile disposed along the primary meridian and a second profile disposed along the secondary meridian that is different in shape from the first profile. The higher order toric shape is characterized by a profile along at least one meridian of the lens that changes with increasing radius from the optical axis raised to a power that is greater than two.

Claims

1. An ophthalmic lens, comprising:

an optic body disposed about an optical axis having a primary meridian and an orthogonal secondary meridian, the optic body comprising an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, the optic body including an optic zone comprising a base shape configured to form an image from light incident on the surfaces;

a base toric shape imposed on one of the surfaces, the base toric shape including a low power meridian having a low optical power and a high power meridian having a high optical power equal to the low optical power plus a cylinder optical power; and

a higher order toric shape imposed on one of the surfaces, the higher order toric shape including a first profile disposed along the primary meridian and a second profile disposed along the secondary meridian that is different in shape from the first profile, the higher order toric shape being characterized by a profile along at least one meridian of the ophthalmic lens that changes with increasing radius from the optical axis raised to a power that is greater than two.

2. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the profile of the higher order toric shape along at least one meridian of the optic body is characterized by a polynomial equation including a term that changes according to radius from the optical axis raised to a power that is greater than two.

3. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface includes an axisymmetric aspheric shape characterized by a conoid of rotation defined by a profile defined by a base curvature and a conic constant.

4. The ophthalmic lens of claim 3, wherein one of or both the higher order toric shape are located on one surface of the optic body and the axisymmetric aspheric shape is located an opposite surface of the optic body.

5. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the primary meridian is coplanar in a plane parallel to the optical axis with one of the low power meridian and the high power meridian.

6. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the base toric shape and the higher order toric shape are disposed on a same surface of the optic body.

7. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the base toric shape is characterized by the equation:

z=A₂₀ x²+A₁₁xy+A₀₂y²

where x and y are independent coordinate values along an x-axis and a y-axis, respectively, z is a surface coordinate value along a z-axis that is perpendicular to the x and y axes, and A₂₀, A₁₁, and A₀₂ are polynomial coefficients of the equation, at least two of the polynomial coefficients being non-zero.

8. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein a sag z of the anterior surface or the posterior surface is characterized by the equation:

9. The ophthalmic lens of claim 8, wherein the odd power is 1, 3, 5, or 7.

10. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein a sag z of the anterior surface or the posterior surface is characterized by the equation:

11. The ophthalmic lens of claim 8, wherein the values of one or more of k, A₂₀, A₀₂, A₄₀, A₀₄, A₂₂, A₆₀, A₀₆, A₄₂, and A₂₄ are determined based on a corneal shape, the corneal shape being selected from the group consisting of the shape of a cornea of a particular eye and an average corneal shape of a population of eyes.

12. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the higher order toric shape is characterized by the equation:

z=A₄₀x⁴+A₀₄y⁴+A₂₂x²y²+A₆₀x⁶+A₀₆y⁶+A₄₂ x⁴y²+A₂₄x²y⁴

where x and y are independent coordinate values along an x-axis and a y-axis, respectively, z is a surface coordinate value along a z-axis that is perpendicular to the x and y axes, and A₄₀, A₀₄, A₂₂, A₆₀, A₀₆, A₄₂, and A₂₄ are polynomial coefficients of the equation.

13. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein a sag z of the anterior surface or the posterior surface is characterized by the equation:

14. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein a sag z of the anterior surface or the posterior surface is characterized by the equation:

15. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the ophthalmic lens is an intraocular lens including one or more haptics extending from the optic body.

16. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the ophthalmic lens is selected from the group consisting of an intraocular lens, a contact lens and, a corneal implant.

17. An ophthalmic lens, comprising:

an optic body disposed about an optical axis having a primary meridian and an orthogonal secondary meridian, the optic body comprising an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, the optic body including an optic zone comprising a base shape configured to form an image from light incident on the surfaces;

a base toric shape imposed on one of the surfaces, the base toric shape including a low power meridian having a low optical power and a high power meridian having a high optical power equal to the low optical power plus a cylinder optical power;

wherein at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface includes an axisymmetric aspheric shape characterized by a conoid of rotation defined by a profile defined by a base curvature and a conic constant.

18. The ophthalmic lens of claim 17, wherein the base toric shape is characterized by the equation:

z=A₂₀x²+A₁₁xy+A₀₂y²

where x and y are independent coordinate values along an x-axis and a y-axis, respectively, z is a surface coordinate value along a z-axis that is perpendicular to the x and y axes, and A₂₀, A₁₁, and A₀₂ are polynomial coefficients of the equation, at least two of the polynomial coefficients being non-zero.

19. The ophthalmic lens of claim 17, wherein the ophthalmic lens is an intraocular lens including one or more haptics extending from the optic body.

20. The ophthalmic lens of claim 17, wherein the ophthalmic lens is selected from the group consisting of an intraocular lens, a contact lens and, a corneal implant.