Patent ID: 6884262

Claim:
An intraocular lens that reduces glare from incoming light rays to the retina of an eye, comprising: fixation members adapted to fix the intraocular lens in the capsular bag of the eye; and an optic having an anterior face and an opposed posterior face, the optic being coupled to the fixation members and defining: a light-transmitting portion centered on a central optical axis and shaped to direct and focus light on the retina of the eye; and a periphery circumscribing the light-transmitting portion and defining the entire optic except for the light-transmitting portion, wherein the periphery includes anterior and posterior peripheral regions on the anterior and posterior faces of the optic, respectively, and a peripheral edge that has, in sequence from the anterior peripheral region to the posterior peripheral region, an anterior convex portion adjacent the anterior peripheral region, a partial conical surface around the central optical axis, and cylindrical surface around the central optical axis, and wherein the peripheral edge and only the peripheral edge is partially opaque to the transmission of light.