摘要 |
Transmittance of light through a pupil or to the retina of a patient's eye is controlled to improve night vision. In one example, this involves providing an ocular device in the form of a contact lens having a central, disk shaped clear window having a diameter that is custom designed based high-order aberrations in an eye and less than the diameter of the patient's pupil at night. The ocular device also has an annular portion that surrounds the disk shaped window portion. The annular portion comprises material that provides reduced light transmittance to provide controlled light transmission at pupil periphery at night and to the retina of a patient. Such controlled light transmittance can reduce photon noise that otherwise can exacerbate halos and ghosts that one can experience at night and/or it can improve night vision contrast. In the case of a contact lens and corneal inlay, light transmittance is controlled across the cornea. In the case of an intraocular lens, light transmittance is controlled across the pupil. |