US Patent Issued to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL on Oct. 14 for "Myopia-control contact lenses and methods relating thereto" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,054, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).

"Myopia-control contact lenses and methods relating thereto" was invented by Arthur Bradley (Bloomington, Ind.), Martin Webber (Southampton, Great Britain), Paul Chamberlain (Livermore, Calif.), Baskar Arumugam (Dublin, Calif.) and David S. Hammond (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic lens (112', 200) for use in preventing or slowing the development or progression of myopia comprises an optic zone (202) for focusing light from distant point objects to a focal surface. The optic zone comprises a diffractive len...