US Patent Issued to Shenyang Kangende Medical Science and Technology on Oct. 27 for "Scleral contact lens" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,177, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Shenyang Kangende Medical Science and Technology Co. Ltd. (Liaoning, China).

"Scleral contact lens" was invented by Jerome A. Legerton (Jupiter Inlet Colony, Fla.), Jidong Liu (Shenyang, China) and Gaozhi Liu (Shenyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, one aspect disclosed features a scleral contact lens for an eye of a patient, the scleral contact lens comprising: an anterior surface; and a posterior surface, the posterior surface comprising: a central optic zone defined by a base curve according to an apical radius of the cornea of the eye; a peripheral corneal zone peripheral...