Patent ID: 9423632
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G02C

Claim Text:
1. An ophthalmic lens for correcting a refractive error of an eye, the eye having a cornea with an epithelium providing a refractive shape extending across an optical region of the eye, the ophthalmic lens comprising: an inner portion configured to be disposed over the optical region of the cornea; a posterior surface extending along the inner portion adjacent the eye when the inner portion is disposed over the optical region, the inner portion configured so that engagement of the posterior surface against the eye deforms the posterior surface and so that the posterior surface has a shape diverging from the refractive shape of the cornea when viewing with the eye through the ophthalmic lens; a peripheral portion of the ophthalmic lens disposed radially outward of the inner portion; and an anterior surface of the ophthalmic lens extending along the inner portion opposite the posterior surface so that viewing with the eye through the ophthalmic lens mitigates the refractive error.