Composite ophthalmic devices and methods with incident light modifying properties

摘要

A composite ophthalmic device comprising an ophthalmic structure, means or lens having a photo-shifting material deployed thereon or therewithin so as to up-shift or down-shift the amplitude, wavelength (or both) of incident radiation into the visible wavelength range.

主权项

1. An intraocular lens having a lens body and operatively associated therewith, a photosensitive material comprising a wavelength-shifting dye, the lens body being transparent with respect to incident radiation, the photosensitive material having the ability to up-shift or down-shift incident radiation-frequency or amplitude, or both frequency and amplitude so that the amplitude, the frequency or both the amplitude and the frequency of the incident radiation are modified by the photosensitive material so that the incident radiation falls within the visible spectrum.