Patent ID: 9726910
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G02B,G02C

Claim:
1. An ophthalmic lens comprising: a transparent substrate; and a fluorescent dye having an absorption within the UV and visible region of wavelengths and wherein said fluorescent dye has an emission in the red region of the wavelengths ranging (a) from 600 nm to 648 nm, (b) from 670 nm to 705 nm, and in the near infrared region of the wavelengths ranging (c) from 750 nm to 800 nm, and (d) from 800 nm to 850 nm, the fluorescent dye being suitable for increasing the amount of red and near infrared light that reaches the eye and is suitable for the repair of ocular tissue as compared to the amount of red and near infrared light that reaches the ocular tissue when the fluorescent dye is not present.