PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15870140
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["351", "159740"]

Abstract:
A system/method allowing personalized ex vivo customization of a generic ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) or ophthalmic lens with known diopter (OKD) based on localized field-measured patient characteristics is disclosed. The OLB is composed of an acrylic material that has been infused with an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing compound rendering it amenable to customized spatial modification (CSM) of its refractive index via the use of pulsed laser radiation (PLR). The CSM of refractive index eliminates the need for remote laboratory fabrication of a customized intraocular lens (IOL) for the patient. The OLB is retained within a secured lens container (SLC) providing for precise physical orientation of the OLB haptics and OLB lens structure with respect to the application of PLR to the OLB. The SLC contains a lens filler material (LFM) covering the OLB and is hermetically sealed after the OLB has been positioned within the SLC interior and prior to sterilization of the SLC+OLB combination.

Claim (Index 1):
An ophthalmic lens customization system comprising:\n (a) ophthalmic lens blank (OLB); (b) secured lens container (SLC); (c) lens position identifier (LPI); (d) pulsed laser source (PLS); (e) laser steering scanner ( 1 SS); and (f) focusing microscope objective (FMO); wherein;\n said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) comprises a clear material impregnated with an ultraviolet absorber (OVA); \n said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) comprises a blank lens structure (BLS) and lens haptics (BLH); \n said secured lens container (SLC) comprises a hermetically sealed enclosure (HSE) having an internal container void (ICV); \n said hermetically sealed enclosure (HSE; comprises a HSE bottom plate (HBP) and a HSE top cover (HTC); \n said internal container void (ICV) comprises an internal volume configured to contain said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB); \n said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) is retained within said internal container void (ICV) via said lens haptics (BLH); \n said lens position identifier (LPI) is configured to define the orientation of said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) within said secured iens container (SLC); \n said ophthalmic iens blank (OLB) is covered within said internal container void (ICV) at least in part with a lens filler material (LFM); \n said hermetically sealed enclosure (HSE) is configured to be hermetically sealed after said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) is retained within said internal container void (ICV) while said lens filler material (LFM) covers at least part of said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB); \n said pulsed laser source (PLS) comprises a femtosecond laser radiation source configured to emit a pulsed laser radiation (FLR) output; \n said laser steering scanner (LSS) is configured to distribute said pulsed laser radiation (PLR) output across an input area of said focusing microscope objective (FMO); \n said focusing microscope objective (FMO) further comprises a numerical aperture configured to accept said distribution of said pulsed laser radiation (PLR) output across said input area of said focusing microscope objective (FMO) and produce a focused laser radiation (FLR) output; \n said focused laser radiation (FLR) output is transmitted by said focusing microscope objective (FMO) through said HSE top cover (HTC) and said lens filler material (LFM) to said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB); \n said focused laser radiation (FLR) output is transmitted to said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) based on a lens position defined by said lens position identifier (LPI); \n said focused laser radiation (FLR) output interacts with said ultraviolet absorber (UVA) within said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) to change the refractive index of an internal region of said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB); and \n said hermetically sealed enclosure (HSE) is configured to be unsealed after said refractive index of said internal region of said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) has been changed by application of said focused laser radiation (FLR) to said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 135.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82292
- Patent Class: 351.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14928798', '14275372', '14275413', '13843464', '14917113']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5170519733622597
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4993254616595229
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.515279322191986
- Mean Citation Score: 205.70009
- Max Citation Score: 247.12971
- Similarity Product: 164.89769117111206

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test