ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,630, issued on June 16, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Dynamic tear lenses" was invented by Omer Rafaeli (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Eugene De Juan Jr. (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Yair Alster (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Ofer Pintel (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Matt Clarke (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dynamic contact lenses fabricated with a dynamic portion that extends outward from the peripheral portion are disclosed. When worn on an eye the dynamic portion forms a tear lens for correcting vision. The dynamic portion can also be configured to provide a dynamic tear lens that changes optical power w...