Patent ID: 7291294

Claim:
A method for making an iris assembly for a prosthetic eye device, comprising the steps of: obtaining a photographic image of an iris portion of a natural eye; storing the photographic image; adjusting the stored photographic image such that the image replicates the iris portion of the natural eye; printing the adjusted photographic image; curing the printed photographic image; trimming the cured photographic image to form an iris member; shaping the trimmed iris member; impregnating the shaped iris member with an adhesive solution; curing the impregnated iris member; assembling together a backside surface of the cured iris member to a frontside surface of an iris button with an adhesive solution therebetween, and placing a cornea molding material proximate a frontside surface of the cured iris member; molding together the cured iris member, iris button and cornea molding material to form a molded iris assembly; curing the molded iris assembly; allowing the cured iris assembly to cool; and cleaning and polishing the cooled iris assembly, wherein the cleaned and polished iris assembly yields an accurate reproduction of the iris portion of the natural eye.