Patent ID: 8678584

Claim:
An ophthalmic lens for correcting a refractive error of an eye, the eye having a cornea with a refractive shape extending across an optical region of the eye, the ophthalmic lens comprising: an inner optic portion configured to be disposed over the optical region of the cornea; a posterior surface extending along the inner optic portion and configured so that engagement of the posterior surface against the eye deforms the posterior surface of the lens and so that the posterior surface extending along the inner optic portion has a shape diverging from the refractive shape of the cornea; and a peripheral portion of the ophthalmic lens disposed radially outward of the inner optic portion; wherein, the inner optic portion is characterized by an inner rigidity the peripheral portion is characterized by a peripheral rigidity; the inner rigidity is greater than the peripheral rigidity; and the inner rigidity is from about 1E8 MPa-μm 3 to about 1E11 MPa-μm 3 .