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 26):
An ophthalmic lens customization method comprising:\n (1) impregnating an ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) comprising a clear material with an ultraviolet absorber (UVA); said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) comprising a blank lens structure (BLS) and lens haptics (BLH); (2) placing said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) within a secured lens container (SLC), said secured lens container (SLC) comprising a hermetically sealed enclosure (HSE) having an internal container void (ICV); said HSE comprising a HSE bottom plate (HBP) and a HSE top cover (HTC); and said internal container void (ICV) comprising an internal volume configured to contain said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB); said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) retained within said internal container void (ICV) via said lens haptics (BLH); (3) defining the orientation of said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) within said secured lens container (SLC) with a lens position identifier (LPI); (4) covering said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) within said internal container void (ICV) at least in part with a lens filler material (LPM); (5) hermetically sealing said hermetically sealed enclosure (HSE) 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); (6) sterilizing said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) within said hermetically sealed enclosure (HSE) 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 OLB; (7) configuring a pulsed laser source (PLS) comprising a femtosecond laser radiation source to emit a pulsed laser radiation (PLR) output; (8) distributing said pulsed laser radiation (PLR) output across an input area of a focusing microscope objective (FMO) with a laser steering scanner (LSS); said focusing microscope objective (FMO) further comprising 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; (9) transmitting said focused laser radiation (FLR) output by said focusing microscope objective (FMO) through said HSE top cover (HTC) and said lens filler material (LFM) to said OLB; (10) transmitting said focused laser radiation (FLR) output to said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) based on a lens position defined by said lens position identifier (LPI); (11) changing the refractive index of an internal region of said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) via said focused laser radiation (FLR) output interaction with said ultraviolet absorber (OVA) within said ophthalmic lens blank (OLB); and (12) unsealing said hermetically sealed enclosure (HSE) after said refractive index of said internal region of said ophthalmic iens blank (OLB) has been changed by application of said focused laser radiation (FLR) to said ophthalmic iens 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): 0.5169534553678068
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4997674460195657
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5152348544329827
- Mean Citation Score: 205.70009
- Max Citation Score: 247.12971
- Similarity Product: 163.7709874606812

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