Patent ID: 6709104
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
Eyeglasses for the treatment of low-vision, including macular degeneration, comprising:a frame for supporting lenses having an occipital dexter side and an occipital sinister side; an occipital dexter lens supported by the frame on the occipital dexter side, the occipital dexter lens having a near portion and a distance portion, the near portion having a dioptric power for near vision in a right eye and the distance portion having a dioptric power for distance vision in the right eye, wherein the optical center of the near portion is below and on the temporal side of the optical center of the distance portion; and an occipital sinister lens supported by the frame on the occipital sinister side, the occipital sinister lens having a near portion and a distance portion, the near portion having a dioptric power for near vision in a left eye and the distance portion having a dioptric power for distance vision in the left eye, wherein the optical center of the near portion is below and on the temporal side of the optical center of the distance portion.