Patent ID: 9541772
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61F,G02C,G02F

Claim:
1. A contact lens device with a variable optic insert positioned within at least a portion of an optical zone of the contact lens device, wherein the variable optic insert comprises: a curved front surface and a curved back surface, wherein the front surface and the back surface are configured to bound at least a portion of one chamber; an energy source embedded in the variable optic insert in at least a region comprising a non-optical zone; and a layer containing liquid crystal material positioned within the at least one chamber, wherein the layer includes regions of liquid crystal material aligned in a pattern across at least a first portion of the variable optic insert that varies with a cycloidal pattern, wherein locations of orientations in liquid crystal orientation aligning with a radial axis across at least a first portion of the optic insert has a parabolic dependence on a radial dimension.