Patent ID: 7775663
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A61B,A61F,B29D,G02C,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for ordering a customized contact lens, the method comprising the steps of: (1) receiving by a server system a first request from a client computer system to look for a customized contact lens, wherein the first request comprises a set of characteristic data of the eye of a patient, wherein the set of characteristic data of the eye of the patient comprises aberrations and corneal topography of the eye of the patient; (2) converting the characteristic data of the eye of the patient into a querying order in a format readable by a query engine in the server system; (3) using the querying order to search against a stock keeping unit (SKU) database to obtain a list of SKUs, wherein each of the SKUs in the list is capable of accommodating adequately the corneal topography of the eye and of correcting adequately the aberrations of the eye; (4) displaying lens information related to each of the list of SKUs with SKU identifiers under control of the client computer system; (5) selecting a SKU with a SKU identifier under control of the client computer system or a choice to make a new customized contact lens; (6) sending a second request to order a contact lens with the SKU identifier or to order the new customized contact lens to be made, along with a customer identifier that identifies the patient and/or an eye-care practitioner who takes care of the patient, under control of the client computer system; (7) receiving the second request by the server system; (8) retrieving additional information previously stored for the patient and/or the eye-care practitioner identified by the customer identifier in the received second request; and (9) generating an order to deliver the customized lens for the patient or the eye-care practitioner identified by the customer identifier in the received second request using the retrieved additional information.