ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,387, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Ophthalmic lenses with cosmetic film therein" was invented by Robert Carey Tucker (Johns Creek, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a colored hydrogel contact lens, comprising: a hydrogel material; at least one cosmetic colored film; wherein the cosmetic colored film is made of a thermal plastic material or thermal setting material and is surrounded by the hydrogel material, wherein the colored hydrogel contact lens is capable of absorbing from about 10% to about 75% by weight of water when being fully hydrated, wherein the contact lens has ...