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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for encapsulating a rigid insert in a contact lens for correcting vision in astigmatic patients
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Application No.: US16274046Application Date: 2019-02-12
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Publication No.: US10942370B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Randall B. Pugh , Daniel B. Otts , James D. Riall , Sharika Snook , Karson S. Putts , Edward R. Kernick , Frederick A. Flitsch , Camille Higham
- Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Jacksonville
- Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Jacksonville
- Main IPC: G02C7/04
- IPC: G02C7/04 ; G02C7/06 ; G02C7/10 ; G02C7/12

Abstract:
The present invention, as described above and as further defined by the claims below, provides methods for forming an Ophthalmic Lens that encapsulates a Rigid Insert, wherein the Rigid Insert may be tailored to correct specific astigmatic characteristics of an eye and apparatus for implementing such methods, as well as Ophthalmic Lenses formed with the Rigid Inserts.
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