Patent ID: 8256896

Claim:
An ophthalmic lens, comprising: an optic body disposed about an optical axis having a primary meridian and an orthogonal secondary meridian, the optic body comprising an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface, the optic body including an optic zone comprising a base shape configured to form an image from light incident on the surfaces; a base toric shape imposed on one of the surfaces, the base toric shape including a low power meridian having a low optical power and a high power meridian having a high optical power equal to the low optical power plus a cylinder optical power; and a higher order toric shape imposed on one of the surfaces, the higher order toric shape including a first profile disposed along the primary meridian and a second profile disposed along the secondary meridian that is different in shape from the first profile, the higher order toric shape being characterized by a profile along at least one meridian of the ophthalmic lens that changes with increasing radius from the optical axis raised to a power that is greater than two.