US Patent Issued to SightGlass Vision on July 28 for "Light scattering lens for treating myopia and eyeglasses containing the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,554, issued on July 28, was assigned to SightGlass Vision Inc. (Dallas).

"Light scattering lens for treating myopia and eyeglasses containing the same" was invented by Thomas W. Chalberg Jr. (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Peter Hones (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic lens includes a lens material having two curved surfaces opposing each other; a light scattering region; a first aperture (e.g., clear or with reduced scattering density/power compared to the light scattering region) surrounded by the light scattering region; and a second aperture (e.g., clear or with reduced scattering density/power compared to ...