Patent ID: 11897190
Assignee: ALCON INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A method for forming an intraocular lens (IOL) using continuous additive fabrication, comprising:
generating, via a light source assembly, a focus point in a bath of photopolymer resin, a shape of the focus point at a curing plane within the bath of photopolymer resin corresponding to a shape of a motorized variable aperture of the light source assembly, wherein the bath of photopolymer resin comprises a platform disposed therein;
continuously moving at least one of the curing plane or the platform through the bath of photopolymer resin; and
changing at least one of a size or shape of the motorized variable aperture while continuously moving the at least one of the curing plane or the platform through the bath of photopolymer resin so as to form the IOL with a smooth hemispherical shape.