Patent ID: 8496329

Claim:
A low-inventory method of making eyeglasses comprising the steps of: A) selecting a plurality of two lens units, each lens units comprising a first lens element and a second lens element wherein the first lens element is rigid and the second lens element is flexible, wherein the first and second lens elements are each configured to form a respective part of the two lens unit, and wherein each of the first and second lens elements have a thickness profile, and wherein the configurations of the thickness profiles of the first and second lenses in each two lens unit enable setting at least one of focus and astigmatism of the two-lens unit by adjustments of the relative positions of the two lenses in directions approximately perpendicular to a viewing direction; B) adjusting the two lens elements in the selected two-lens unit relative to each other to correct at least one of focus and astigmatism of a patient's eye; C) securing the second flexible lens and the first rigid lens element in fixed relation to one another and an eyeglasses frame.