US 12,174,462 B2
Cosmetic functional contact lens
Robert Carey Tucker, Johns Creek, GA (US); and John Dallas Pruitt, Suwanee, GA (US)
Assigned to Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed by Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,444, filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0197056 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G02C 7/04 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 7/046 (2013.01) [G02C 11/10 (2013.01); G08C 17/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cosmetic functional contact lens having a pupil section, a generally annular iris section surrounding the pupil section for detecting at least one target analyte or physical attribute, comprising:
a substrate for supporting electronic components and providing structural support for the functional contact lens;
at least one sensing element disposed on the substrate for sensing the at least one target analyte or physical attribute and undergoing a physical change representing a sensed signal;
an antenna disposed on the substrate for transmitting the sensed signal to an external device, the antenna being coupled to the at least one sensing element;
a colored, printed, opaque, intermittent cosmetic pattern to mask the embedded electronic components, wherein the cosmetic pattern comprising a limbal ring pattern of a first color, a starburst pattern of a second color, wherein the first color and the second color are different or same, wherein limbal ring pattern and the starburst pattern have a substantially identical outer diameter wherein the limbal ring pattern, the starburst pattern are concentric with the center of the function contact lens, wherein the cosmetic pattern further comprising a sunflower pattern of a third color, wherein the third color is different from the first color and the second color, wherein the sunflower pattern has a larger inner diameter than that of the limbal ring, wherein the sunflower pattern, the limbal ring pattern and the starburst pattern are concentric with the center of the function contact lens.