ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,591, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to JOURNEY1 INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).
"Spherical astigmatism correcting contact lenses" was invented by Yair Alster (Tel Aviv, Israel), Eugene De Juan Jr. (San Francisco), Omer Rafaeli (Rishpon, Israel), Barak Azmon (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Matt Clarke (South San Francisco, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Contact lenses for the treatment of a refractive error, particularly astigmatism, are provided. An exemplary lens comprises a soft continuous lens body configured to cover a corneal surface, the lens body having a posterior surface to be suspended over the corneal surface forming a ...