US Patent Issued to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL on July 1 for "Methods of increased contact lens rotation" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,962, issued on July 1, was assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).

"Methods of increased contact lens rotation" was invented by Martin Webber (Southampton, Great Britain), Arthur Bradley (Bloomington, Ind.), Paul Chamberlain (Livermore, Calif.) and Baskar Arumugam (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact lens for use in preventing or slowing the development or progression of myopia, and methods of manufacturing and using such a lens. The optic zone of the lens comprises a central region having a curvature providing a base power. The optic zone comprises an annular region circumferentially ...