US Patent Issued to e-Vision Smart Optics on Sept. 1 for "Oxygen permeable contact lens" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,294, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to e-Vision Smart Optics Inc. (Sarasota, Fla.).

"Oxygen permeable contact lens" was invented by Anthony Van Heugten (Sarasota, Fla.) and Harry Milton (Sarasota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for an oxygen permeable liquid crystal contact lens are disclosed herein. An oxygen permeable liquid crystal contact lens may include a coating. The coating may be made of one or more layers of an oxygen non-permeable material. The coating may be modified to allow oxygen to permeate though the liquid crystal contact lens to a mammalian eye."

The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 2025, unde...