Patent ID: 8623001

Claim:
An adapter contact lens to be applied in contact with an anterior corneal surface of a cornea of an eye, the adapter comprising: a contact glass portion having an anterior lens surface, adapted for placement in contact with the eye; and a mount portion circumferentially surrounding the contact glass portion, the mount portion presenting a plurality of suction orifices annularly surrounding the anterior lens surface of the contact glass portion, wherein the mount portion and the plurality of suction orifices are shaped and adapted to apply suction to the surface of the eye through the suction orifices; the mount portion further comprising a suction channel, which annularly surrounds the periphery of the anterior lens surface and in which the suction orifices terminate; wherein the suction channel is an annular space between and partially bounded by the mount portion and the contact glass portion, the annular space being further bounded by a wall of the mount portion extending from an exteriorly located edge of the mount portion to the edge of the anterior lens surface, and the wall of the mount further defining openings therethrough that form individual channels and, thus, the suction orifices.