Patent ID: 7938536

Claim:
Process for manufacturing a series of ophthalmic lenses intended to be fitted into respective housings of frames, each lens consisting of a substrate and a functionalized film portion attached to the substrate, the process comprising the following steps: for each ophthalmic lens of the series, collecting the following data: dimensions of the frame housing into which said lens is intended to be fitted, and optical characteristics of the functionalized film portion corresponding to said lens; (ii) determining an arrangement of the film portion in a planar sheet of said film, each portion having substantially the dimensions of the frame housing for the corresponding lens; (iii) depositing at least one functional material on each film portion within the sheet of film, said portion having a planar configuration, and said material being suitable for obtaining the optical characteristics of said portion, so as to functionalize said film portion, for each lens of the series, the optical characteristics of the corresponding functionalized film portion are produced by depositing said at least one functional material on the planar sheet of film in the form of separate and juxtaposed portions on the film portion, each portion of functional material having dimensions of between 1 μm and 500 μm measured parallel to the sheet of film; (iv) cutting the functionalized film portions out from the sheet of film; and (v) assembling each functionalized film portion with the substrate of the corresponding lens.