ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,020, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).
"Myopia control ophthalmic device" was invented by Thomas Raasch (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary method and apparatus are disclosed to perform myopia control using an ophthalmic device (contact lens) comprising a center region configured to correct vision at a first correction power (spherical or sphero-cylindrical) and a peripheral region that surrounds the central region, wherein the peripheral region comprises a plurality of distinct facet surfaces configured to under correct (or overcorrect) the vision at a secon...