Patent ID: 9050765
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A61F,B23K,B29D

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an intraocular lens, comprising: providing an optical body adapted to be implanted in a human eye, the optical body comprising a unitary structure formed of only a single material; releasing energy from an energy source, wherein the energy is released at a location internal to the optical body; and creating with the released energy a plurality of surfaces extending through a portion of the unitary structure forming one or more concentric internal layers and an outer layer, wherein the one or more concentric internal layers are surrounded by the outer layer at a first region and the one or more concentric internal layers become the outer layer at a second region, and wherein each of the plurality of surfaces forms first and second juxtaposed internal surfaces that are slideably moveable relative to one another in order to effect the power of the optical body.