US Patent Issued to SHAMIR OPTICAL INDUSTRY on Dec. 30 for "Lenses and methods for affecting the progression of myopia" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,770, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SHAMIR OPTICAL INDUSTRY LTD. (Kibbutz Shamir, Israel).

"Lenses and methods for affecting the progression of myopia" was invented by Atalia Weiss (Hoshaya, Israel) and Liron Gleser (Rosh Pina, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed subject-matter relates to an ophthalmic lens for affecting the progression of myopia in an eye of an individual having a certain prescription (Rx). In one aspect, the presently disclosed subject-matter refers to a customization of the optical property profile based on the age and conventional prescription of an individual. According to another a...