US Patent Issued to Bausch & Lomb on Aug. 12 for "Method for obtaining contact lenses with dynamically controlled sagitta and clearance" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,200, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Bausch & Lomb Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Method for obtaining contact lenses with dynamically controlled sagitta and clearance" was invented by Charles H. Creighton (West Seneca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure generally describes methods, systems and products relating to the development and manufacture of scleral contact lenses. A number of dimensions for the scleral lens is generated based on control points and attendant curvature parameters. Any change to one or more of the curve parameters imparts an improved anterior and posterior surface of the scleral lens and associated...