CN1394290A - Contact lens comprising orange colorant - Google Patents

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CN1394290A
CN1394290A CN01803291A CN01803291A CN1394290A CN 1394290 A CN1394290 A CN 1394290A CN 01803291 A CN01803291 A CN 01803291A CN 01803291 A CN01803291 A CN 01803291A CN 1394290 A CN1394290 A CN 1394290A
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A colored contact lens includes a pupil section and an iris section surrounding the pupil section wherein the iris section is at least partly covered by an orange colorant having a red component. The colored contact lens may also have a hazel colorant and/or a dark colorant. The colored contact lens makes the iris of the wearer of the lens appear to be a striking honey color.

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The contact lenses that comprise orange colorant
Related application
It is that January 3, application number in 2000 are the applying date of 60/174,288 U.S. Provisional Application that the application requires the applying date according to 35 U.S.C § 119 (e).This U.S. Provisional Application is bonded in this application as a reference.
Background of invention
For many years, people attempt to utilize colored contact lens to improve or change the outward appearance of human eye color always, and success is in various degree arranged.United States Patent (USP) 3,536,386 (Spivak); 3,679,504 (Wichterle); 3,712,718 (LeGrand); 4,460,523 (Neefe); 4,719,657 (BaWa); 4,744,647 (Meshel etc.), 4,634,449 (JenKins); European patent discloses and discloses the trial of producing the opaque eyeglass with natural look among 0 309 154 (Allergan) and UK Patent Application 2 202 540 A (IGEL).
Painted stealthy mirror described in Knapp (United States Patent (USP) 4,582,402) has been obtained the coml success.This patent disclosure a kind of contact lenses, in its preferred embodiment, these contact lenses have colored, opaque spot (dot).The Knapp glasses provide a kind of natural outward appearance with a kind of eyeglass, and this eyeglass adopts a kind of speckle patterns of simple single color printing, and are simple and can low-cost production.Though in the Knapp eyeglass, the intermittent pattern of spot does not cover iris fully, this invention provides enough spot density, and when general viewers was watched, this spot density provided the outward appearance of continuous color.Knapp also discloses and can repeat the one or many print steps with the different pattern of different colours, because when checking on hand, finds that many people's iris comprises more than one color.
Printed patterns needn't be definitely even, so that can be for the outward appearance that changes or improve the iris fine structure.Obtain commercial successful monochromatic Knapp eyeglass at present, have the spot that fills part, so that strengthen the structure of iris by the irregular pattern configuration.Yet Knapp commodity eyeglass and Knapp patent all do not have open or propose a kind of eyeglass, and wherein color and design combination is so that change to the close look of tangible honeybee with people's eyes.
Other effort of attempting to produce the eyeglass that seems more natural comprise the United States Patent (USP) 5,120,121 of Rawlings application, this patent disclosure the phase interconnection line from pupil part ambient radiation to the iris portion periphery bunch (cluster).In addition, European patent 0 472 496 A2 have shown a kind of contact lenses, and these contact lenses have attempts to duplicate the line image of finding in the iris.
Producing the colored contact lens that changes or improve the iris color outward appearance although done many trials, do not have a kind of colored contact lens to be devoted to change or improve the outward appearance of contact lens wearers eyes, is nature, obvious honey color so that they show.
Summary of the invention
In one aspect of the invention, provide a kind of colored contact lens.Contact lenses comprise a pupil part and the iris portion around the pupil part, and wherein iris portion is covered by a kind of orange colorant with red component at least in part.
In another aspect of this invention, the contact lenses that provide a kind of people to wear are so that become people's appearance of iris into a kind of honey color.Contact lenses comprise the pupil part of a non-opacity, iris portion around above-mentioned pupil part, with an intermittent pattern colour on above-mentioned iris portion, opaque, it is opaque that this iris portion stays quite most of right and wrong of pattern, the above-mentioned iris portion area of above-mentioned pattern covers wherein at least about 25%, each element general viewers of above-mentioned pattern does not recognize, above-mentioned pattern orange colorant, filbert colorant and the manufacturing of dark color (dark) colorant.
Also have on the other hand of the present invention, contact lenses comprise the pupil part of a non-opacity, iris portion around above-mentioned pupil part, at least two painted opaque intermittent pattern on above-mentioned iris portion, it is opaque that this iris portion stays quite most of right and wrong of pattern, the above-mentioned iris portion area of above-mentioned pattern covers wherein at least about 25%, wherein each element of first pattern comprises orange colorant, and each element of second pattern comprises filbert colorant.
Terminology used here " non-opacity " is to be used for illustrating that the wherein part of eyeglass is not painted or use translucent pigment coloring.
Term " general viewers " is to be used for representing to stand in the about 5 feet people far away, as to have the 20-20 eyesight of standard of the people who wears eyeglass of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of contact lenses with pupil part and iris portion.
Fig. 2 illustrates for outermost asterism (starburst) pattern of using on contact lenses.
Fig. 3 illustrates for the outside starburst pattern of using on contact lenses.
Fig. 4 illustrates for the inboard starburst pattern of using on contact lenses.
Fig. 5 illustrates the reflection coefficient-wavelength relationship curve of a kind of orange colorant on contact lenses.
Fig. 6 illustrates the reflection coefficient-wavelength relationship curve of a kind of filbert colorant on contact lenses.
Fig. 7 illustrates the reflection coefficient-wavelength relationship curve of a kind of black colorant on contact lenses.
The accompanying drawing of invention and preferred embodiment describe in detail
Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of contact lenses 10.It has a pupil part 20 and the annular iris portion 22 around pupil part 20 at the non-opacity of eyeglass central authorities.To hydrophilic lens, a circumferential section is around iris portion 22.An intermittent pattern colour, opaque is positioned at the top of iris portion 22, as shown in Figure 1.A large portion that pattern stays the interior iris portion of this pattern interval (interstices) becomes non-opacity.The non-opacity district of iris portion 22 presents white in Fig. 1.
Each element of pattern is spot preferably, and some of them mixed dot particularly, as shown in Figure 1.Wherein some part of iris portion 22 covers with spot thick and fast than other parts are less.
Opaque pattern can be by having rule or irregular, and the spot of even or inhomogeneous shape forms, for example circular, square, sexangle, elongated shape, or other spot shape.In addition, each element of pattern can have the shape outside the spot, as long as these elements are that general viewers does not recognize, covers the iris of 10-30%, preferably cover about 20% or 25% of iris, and wherein a large portion right and wrong are opaque to stay the interior iris portion of pattern interval.The pattern that forms iris portion can be look island or snakelike, spirality, asterism shape (starburst), spoke shape (spoke), spike shape (spike), stripe-shaped, radial band shape, serrate and texture shape (streak).In some cases, replenish many design with color background.These patterns are admixed mutually, so that a kind of colored contact lens is provided, this colored contact lens has strengthened the people's of lenses fitted iris structure.
One embodiment of the present of invention comprise the pattern of a plurality of colours, and the pattern of these a plurality of colours has improved the natural look of wearer's iris greatly, even not worse than the pattern of one or both painted lenses.In order to produce this embodiment, three (or more) colored patterns are printed in three or more part.The first of each element is first tone (shade), and generally have the maximum spot or the concentration of other element, they generally are positioned at the outside of iris portion, but in iris portion, that is, in the outer circumference of annular iris portion or near the neighboring.This part can form outermost asterism.Preferred first Outboard Sections pattern or outermost asterism are shown in Figure 2.Black, or certain other dark-coloured as grey, burgundy or mazarine, the most frequently used color of making the outermost asterism.
Always the second portion of element (outside asterism) is second tone, and this second tone is different from first tone, and has the element of Cmax, and these elements generally are positioned at outermost asterism inside, and general, although not, partly centered on by outermost asterism.Preferred second portion or outside asterism are shown in Figure 3.Outside asterism can be many colors, for example, and blueness, grey, brown, light blue, turquoise, purple, bluish violet, water colour (agua), yellow, filbert or green.Outside asterism is preferably filbert.
The third part of each element (inboard asterism) has a three color scheme, and this three color scheme is different from second tone, and with first tone or identical or different.This third part has maximum concentration of element, and is general, but not always, is positioned at two-part inside in addition.Generally, the greatest member concentration of third part is centered on by other two parts concentration of element.Preferred the 3rd interior section pattern, preferably inboard asterism, shown in Figure 4.The color that is used for inboard asterism is preferably orange, but also can use other colors, comprises yellow, yellow green, brown, yellowish-brown, filbert and golden.Among Fig. 1, the preferred embodiments of the present invention show Fig. 2,3 and 4 combination.
In a preferred embodiment, the first inhomogeneous border partly distinguishes the outermost asterism part and the outside asterism of each element of pattern, yet, no matter be actually, still only sensuously, the element of outermost asterism and outside asterism element all superpose, and mix with blending and are in the same place, so that produce desirable effect.The second inhomogeneous border partly distinguishes the outside asterism part and the inboard asterism of pattern, yet unit's opinion is actually, and still only sensuously, outside asterism element also superposes with inboard asterism element, mixes with blending and be in the same place.If Fig. 2,3 and 4 combinations of patterns form a kind of eyeglass of three looks, the inhomogeneous edge of pattern then shown in Figure 2 will merge stack with pattern groups shown in Figure 3, so that form the first inhomogeneous border between outermost asterism and outside asterism.In addition, the inhomogeneous edge of pattern shown in Figure 4 will merge stack with pattern groups shown in Figure 3, so that form the second inhomogeneous border between outside asterism and inboard asterism.
In some pattern, the asterism in the outside can comprise the pattern that further extends towards the lens periphery direction, rather than the pattern of outermost asterism.In other patterns, the asterism in the outside can comprise the pattern that further extends towards eyeglass pupil part direction, rather than the figure of inboard asterism.
Alternative embodiment more of the present invention comprise the distance that inhomogeneous border is minimum and maximum apart from the iris portion neighboring.For example, in an alternative embodiment, the first inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 5% to about 60% of iris portion radial width, with inhomogeneous border be about 25% to about 95% of iris portion radial width apart from the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring, and the second inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 75% of iris portion radial width, with the ultimate range of inhomogeneous border, be about 50% to about 95% of iris portion radial width apart from the iris portion neighboring.
In another embodiment, the first inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 50% of iris portion radial width, with the ultimate range of inhomogeneous border apart from the iris portion neighboring, it is about 45% to about 95% of iris portion radial width, and the second inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 65% of iris portion radial width, the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring, inhomogeneous border is about 60% to about 95% of iris portion radial width.
In another embodiment, the first inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 50% of iris portion radial width, with the ultimate range of inhomogeneous border apart from the iris portion neighboring, it is about 45% to about 95% of iris portion radial width, and the second inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 65% of iris portion radial width, inhomogeneous border is about 60% to about 95% of an iris portion radial width apart from the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring.
In another alternative embodiment, outside starburst pattern can extend on the periphery of contact lenses iris portion, therefore some element that constitutes outside asterism is the outside at all elements that constitutes the outermost starburst pattern, and/or some element that constitutes outside starburst pattern extends to more close pupil part, thus in these elements certain some are inside at inboard starburst pattern all elements.
In also having another alternative embodiment, the inboard starburst pattern and starburst pattern or this two patterns in the outermost starburst pattern or the outside form interdigital shape (interdigitationconfiguration).In addition, outermost starburst pattern can form interdigital shape with the starburst pattern in the outside.In interdigital shape, a pattern intersects with another pattern, is similar to each finger on hand and is placed between each finger of another hand with plane form.
Referring to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 illustrates preferred orange colorant reflection coefficient-wavelength relationship curve on the contact lenses.This curve shows to have the contact lenses of orange colorant thereon, when using metric measurement, about 360 and about 540nm between have the reflection coefficient of about 6 catoptries.About 540 and 620nm between, reflection coefficient rises to about 26 catoptries.About 620 and about 740nm between, reflection coefficient rises to about 33 catoptries.
Produce the orange colorant of above-mentioned reflection coefficient data, preferably contain the printing ink cream (ink paste) of following ingredients:
Printing ink cream color Orange
Composition Percent by weight Target weight Target weight
Ethyl lactate ????30.00 ??180.00 ??900.00
Binder solution ????58.00 ??348.00 ??1740.00
(IO) is red for iron oxide ????6.00 ??36.00 ??180.00
Hydrophobicity IO ????6.00 ??36.00 ??180.00
General assembly (TW) (g) ??600 ??3000
Have only the contact lenses of orange colorant under color showing system of International Commission on Illumination (CIE Color Notation System), to measure thereon.Contact lenses have following measurement result: about 40.7 L *, about 25.5 a *With about 20.6 b *
Measuring a kind of method of color in the CIE color showing system, is according to the colourity specification system of CIE in exciter response (stimulus-response) characteristic of employing in 1931.Parameter about the present recommendation of system can be from government publication, obtain among the CIE publication NO.15 (E-1.3.1) in 1971, the colourimetry government recommend method of International Commission on Illumination can obtain from NBS (Washington, District of Columbia 20234).
CIE standard observation person is observer's data that CIE adopts, and represents that average human eye is to the response with equal-energy spectrum when adapting to the light time.Unless otherwise prescribed, term is applicable to 1931 to be the data that adopt in the 2 degree visuals field.The data of adopting in 1964 are called observer in 1964 sometimes, are to be 10 ° of visuals field, and the annular visual field obtains, and it does not comprise 2 ° of visual field observer's functions in 1931.
Colorant among the present invention can be used metric measurement.According to the measuring method of CIE and especially CIE 1976 color difference equations: Δ E CIE(L *, a *, b *=| (Δ L *) 2+ (Δ a *) 2+ (Δ b *) 2| 1/2 where L * = 25 ( 100 Y Y 0 ) 1 / 3 - 16 ( 1 < Y < 100 ) a * = 500 | ( X X 0 ) | 1 / 3 - ( Y Y 0 ) 1 / 3 | b * = 200 | ( Y Y 0 ) 1 / 3 - ( Z Z 0 ) 1 / 3 | P
X, Y and Z are the tristimulus values of sample, X 0, Y 0And Z 0The normally white object color of definition stimulates the color of (shiner); To sample, Δ L=L *, to standard, Δ L=-L *To sample, Δ a=a *, to standard, Δ a=-a *To sample ,-b=b *, to standard ,-b=-b *
To containing two flat boards of colorant of the present invention,,, measure with spectrophotometric method with olive-golden #1133-67 standard according to CIE color showing system.Olive-goldstandard is L *Be 52.160, a *Be-3.384, and b *Be 32.585; To the 1# panel, record L *Be 52.142; And the Δ L that records is-0.018, the Δ a that records *Be 0.019, the Δ b that records *For-0.021 and Δ E be 0.034.On the 2# panel, the L that records *Be 52.018, and a* that records and b* are respectively-3.265 and 32.592.The Δ L that records is 0.142, Δ b *Be 0.006 and Δ E=0.185.
In a preferred embodiment, orange colorant is patterned into inboard asterism on contact lenses.Contact lenses can have the another kind of colorant of the outside asterism of formation.Preferably, outside asterism is filbert.More preferably, filbert colorant is the printing ink cream with following composition:
Printing ink cream color Filbert
Composition Percent by weight Target weight Target weight
Ethyl lactate ????24.43 ????159.04 ????732.90
Binder solution ????64.15 ????417.92 ????1924.50
PCN indigo plant ????0.07 ????0.46 ????2.10
????TiO 2 ????0.73 ????4.75 ????21.9
IO is red ????1.85 ????12.04 ????55.50
The IO Huang ????8.77 ????57.09 ????263.10
General assembly (TW) (g) ????651g ????3000g
Referring to Fig. 6, Fig. 6 illustrates filbert colorant, and does not have other colorant, the reflection coefficient on contact lenses-wavelength relationship curve.Curve shows to have the contact lenses of filbert colorant thereon, and when using metric measurement, from 360nm to 530nm, reflection coefficient rises to about 10 catoptries gradually from about 5 catoptries.To about 590nm, reflection coefficient rises to about 24 catoptries rapidly from about 530mm.Between 590nm and 750nm, reflection coefficient generally is higher than 24 catoptries and is lower than about 30 catoptries.
Under CIE color showing system, the contact lenses that have only filbert colorant on it have been measured.Contact lenses have only following measurement result: L *Be about 44.3, a *Be about 16.9, and b *Be about 22.2.
Preferred contact lenses can also have other colorant, preferably are patterned into the outermost asterism.Preferably, colorant is dark.More preferably, colorant is to comprise IO black ink cream, printing ink cream as shown in the table:
Printing ink cream color Black
Composition Percent by weight Target weight Target weight
Ethyl lactate ????23.98 ??156.11 ??719.40
Binder solution ????64.04 ??416.90 ??1921.20
????TiO 2 ????11.98 ??77.99 ??359.40
General assembly (TW) (g) ??651g ??3000g
Referring to Fig. 7, Fig. 7 illustrates black colorant, and there is not other colorant, reflection coefficient on contact lenses-wavelength relationship curve, curve shows, the contact lenses that have black colorant on it when measuring with spectra photometric method, comprise that strides across the straight line that all measure wavelength basically at about 5 catoptry places.
Have only the contact lenses of above-mentioned black colorant under CIE color showing system, to measure on it.Contact lenses have following measurement result: L *Be about 25.5, a *Be about 0.54, and b *Be about-0.15.
Produce the opaque section of contact lenses iris portion, preferably use the United States Patent (USP) 4 of known Knapp, 582, the United States Patent (USP) 5.034.166 and 5 of 402 print process (reference in the lump as a reference herein) and known Rawlings, 116,112 print process (reference in the lump as a reference herein) is by finishing the eyeglass printing for three times.Generally, smear the plate or the base plate of depression with desirable pattern with the printing ink of desired tone.Excessive printing ink is removed by the surface of scraping wiping board with doctor blade, stays the depression that is full of printing ink simultaneously.
One silicone rubber pad is withstood above-mentioned plate so that absorb the printing ink in the depression, and the surface of pasting eyeglass then so that with design transfer to eyeglass.Then with the pattern cured that prints, so that it can not be obliterated from eyeglass.Certainly, no matter be that the front surface or the rear surface of eyeglass of eyeglass can be printed, but preferably print front surface at present.
It is known being used for implementing preferred eyeglass of the present invention and ink composition, and is described in the United States Patent (USP) 4,668,240 of LoShaek, reference in the lump as a reference herein.Describe some special compositions and target weight below in detail.Speak briefly very much, with have-COOH ,-OH or-NH 2The eyeglass that the polymkeric substance of group is made is with the ink printing that contains the adhesive polymer with same functional group, opaque painted thing and diisocyanate (salt) compound.The solution that at first prepares adhesive polymer and solvent, and this solution mixed with the cream that contains painted thing, so that form printing ink.Preferred adhesive polymer solution is 35,000 centipoises (CPS) for blueness, grey, viscosity brown and that black has, and is 50 for green, 000CPS.Opaque ink printing also solidifies on lens surface.
The printing ink cream and the pigment that can use in the present invention can be with composition and the percentage composition (by weight) described in following printing ink colour chart (ink chart), with many diverse ways manufacturings.For example, filbert printing ink cream can be respectively 64.59% binder solution with weight fraction, 30.00% ethyl lactate, 0.61% titania, 0.06% PCN indigo plant, 4.30% iron oxide yellow and 1.54% iron oxide red manufacturing.Although these colors are used for preferred embodiment, also can or change the weight percentage of each composition with other color.Following chart only is the possible printing ink and the representative example of pigment content scope, and is not complete detail list.Those of ordinary skill in the art can both develop other printing ink and pigment content scope, so that the people's that wears contact lenses iris is provided a kind of effect of reinforcement.
Certainly, can adopt alternative method to form the colored opaque element of eyeglass.For example, the selected part of wetting hydrophilic lens iris portion can be soaked with the solution of first kind of material, as the solution of barium chloride.Eyeglass can be immersed the solution of second kind of material then: in sulfuric acid solution, this second kind of material and first kind of material form a kind of opaque, water-fast precipitation, for example barium sulphate.Therefore opaque being deposited in the eyeglass forms with predetermined pattern in the iris portion.
Then, whole iris portion or one of them part are painted by a kind of pattern with a kind of opaque colorant.If whole iris all uses translucent tone painted, the space in the pattern is painted translucently so, but still is transparent also preferred embodiment according to the invention.Alternatively, the pupil of eyeglass part can be painted with a kind of tone of non-opacity, because when eyeglass is pasting the dark-coloured pupil that exists in wearer's eyes, this tone be can't see.The opaque method of other alternative formation comprises and utilizes as United States Patent (USP) 4,744 laser described in 647 and 4,460, the particulate of the fine gtinding described in 523.
The method that the present invention is used to make colored contact lens is as follows.A kind of transparent contact lenses are provided, and these contact lenses comprise at least one pupil part and the iris portion around this pupil part.If eyeglass hydrophilic material manufacturing, it also has the peripheral part around iris portion.Concerning hydrophilic material, the material of hydration status carries out step described below with being in not.Some preferred hydrophilic materials at United States Patent (USP) 4,405, disclose herein as a reference in the lump reference in 773 by LoShaek.
Colored pattern can deposit on the iris portion of eyeglass in any way.Preferable methods is offset printing pad (offset pad) print process that describes in detail a little with following at present.
Prepare a plate (not shown), this plate has the depression that is equivalent to desirable speckle patterns of flat surface and circle.In order to form Fig. 2, the pattern shown in 3 and 4, each depression all should have the degree of depth of diameter and the about 0.013mm of about 0.1mm.Each depression is configured to an annular shape, and this annular shape is corresponding to the shape of eyeglass iris portion.
Plate can be with the known technology manufacturing that is used to make integrated form analog or digital circuit.At first prepare a pattern more about 20 times than desirable pattern.Then with known camera technique this pattern is narrowed down to the pattern of accurate desired size, the part to be colored of this pattern is darker than all the other zones.Flat surface covers with photoresistance (photo resist) material, and this photoresist becomes water-fast in being exposed to light the time.The photoresistance pattern part is removed by washing with water, and the plate that obtains is etched into the desired degree of depth.Then the remainder photoresist is removed with mechanical means.
Colorant comprises a kind of pigment and is used for the bonding agent or the carrier of this pigment, and colorant deposition on the surface of plate, and is striden the pattern scraping with doctor blade.This makes printing ink fill up depression, and removes excessive printing ink from flat surface simultaneously.Colorant can more or less be opaque, decides on desirable change color degree.Opacity can be by the rate variable of pigment and bonding agent in the change colorant.Should be appreciated that, can obtain desirable effect with the opaque colorant of a kind of height or with having the major part of lacking opaque colorant slightly and covering the iris portion surface.
The pad of silicon rubber system is pushed down pattern remove removal ink from depression, this silicone rubber pad has soaked clearly silicone oil so that separate easily.Allow the printing ink on the pad driedly slightly paste the front surface of contact lenses then, printing ink is deposited on the iris portion with desirable pattern so that improve thickness.Certainly, silicone rubber pad must have enough flexible, so that adapt to the convex front surface of eyeglass.In order to reach more natural effect, print steps can repeat one or many with different colors with different patterns, because when checking on hand, finds to have many people's iris to contain more than one color.The pattern of printing needn't be definitely even, to strengthen the fine structure of iris.
Then the pattern of deposition is handled,, when being placed on eyeglass in the eye, will be run into a liquid so that can not separate when making it under being exposed to a liquid from eyeglass.Prevent that the correct method that separates from depending on the material of making the eyeglass pattern.Only that eyeglass is just passable at air drying or heating.For hydrophilic lens, can use United States Patent (USP) 3,679 at Wichterle, being used to described in 504 applies the technology (reference in the lump as a reference herein) of opaque pattern.
Be used to make a kind of method of preferred colored contact lens, generally comprise be added to three part colorants on the transparent contact lenses and make colorant anti-from eye liquid separation steps.The contact lenses that print will have the pupil part of non-opacity and center on the iris portion of above-mentioned pupil part with three part colorants.First's colorant, perhaps the outermost asterism has first tone, the second portion colorant, asterism promptly, be second tone, this second tone different third part colorant from first tone, or inboard asterism, be three color scheme, this three color scheme is different with second tone, and with first tone can be identical or can be inequality.
The outermost asterism is with such setting, so that the greatest member concentration of outermost asterism generally all is positioned on the outside of iris portion, but still in iris portion, and generally be positioned at the outside of outside asterism concentration of element, the greatest member concentration of the asterism in the outside will generally be positioned at the outside of inboard asterism greatest member concentration, although and the asterism in the outermost asterism and the outside is overlapping, first will distinguish outermost asterism and outside asterism with reference to uneven border; Although the asterism of the inboard in the outside is with overlapping, the uneven border of second reference will distinguish outside asterism and inboard asterism.Therefore, will provide a kind of eyeglass, it can change the human iris's who wears eyeglass apparent color, and gives very natural honey color outward appearance.
Be used for interrupted pattern is deposited on step on the lens surface, comprise first plate that has a depression with, these depressions are equivalent to first or outermost asterism, and with the colorant of first tone, preferably black fills up depression.Next step is that first flexible mat is being pasted first plate, and pushes down first flexible mat, makes its surface of pasting eyeglass (no matter which limit), thus the first of printing element.
Next step comprises second plate that has a depression with, and these depressions are equivalent to second portion or outside asterism, and with the colorant of second tone, the preferably filbert depression that fills up, this second tone is different from first tone.Next step comprises the surface (no matter being identical surface or opposite surfaces) that one second flexible mat is adjacent to second plate and pushes down eyeglass, thus printing second portion element.
Final step comprises with one the 3rd plate, the 3rd plate has the depression corresponding to third part or inboard asterism, and with the colorant of three color scheme, the preferably orange depression that fills up, this three color scheme is different with second tone, and with first tone or identical or different.This is by the surface (no matter which limit) that the 3rd flexible mat is adjacent to the 3rd plate and pushes down above-mentioned eyeglass, thereby printing third part element.Last eyeglass when putting on, makes wearer's iris present significant honey color.
Although top listed step to the each several part printing arrangement on the eyeglass order, this printing order has no importance for the present invention, and any other printing order is all included by the present invention.In addition, said method can comprise top minimum and maximum distance cited in alternative embodiment, forms inhomogeneous border.
The alternative embodiment that is used for printing different layers on the contact lenses iris portion is to utilize ink-jet (ink-jet) printing to replace the pad printing of each layer.Ink jet printing does not need to finish with pad or plate, and can implement under than the higher resolution of pad printing, thereby bigger details of each dyed layer and more natural final pattern are provided on the iris portion of contact lenses.
Adopt ink jet printing also to reduce and contact lenses or the device number that contacts with other device.For example, originally silicone rubber pad must contact with plate or base plate, contacts with contact lenses itself then.Contact between the each several part tends to the each several part that weares and teares, thereby needs to change the part of these wearing and tearing.In the ink jet printing process, in fact micro nozzle does not contact contact lenses, does not contact any other device yet.Thereby reduced the chance of micro nozzle abrasion.
In addition, ink-jet printer, can be easy to change to different color layers from a color layers so that by computer control with electronics method control.Therefore, in case determine a kind of multilayered invisible eyeglass design, and be divided into a plurality of color layers, then can each layer be added on the colored contact lens, thereby form a kind of colored contact lens that the apparent colour of wearer's iris can be changed over honey color with ink jet printing method.
As can be seen, the invention provides a kind of contact lenses that the outward appearance of iris color can be changed or is modified to significant honey color, the while can be estimated its fine structure and the outward appearance of nature is provided.Can carry out various changes to the function and the configuration of each several part; Illustrated in can replacing with equivalent device and those devices of explanation; And under the spirit and scope of the invention situation that does not break away from as described in the following claims, can utilize wherein some characteristic and irrelevant with other characteristics.

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1. a colored contact lens comprises a pupil part and the iris portion around pupil, and wherein: the orange colorant that iris portion is had red component at least in part covers.
2. described contact lenses of claim 1, wherein: red component comprises that IO is red.
3. described contact lenses of claim 1, wherein: orange colorant is a kind of printing ink cream, this printing ink cream comprises that percentage by weight is the red and weight fraction of about 6% IO than being about 6% hydrophobicity IO.
4. the described colored contact lens of claim 3, wherein: orange colorant has this character, if promptly it is a colorant unique on the contact lenses, the contact lenses that record under CIE color showing system comprise L so *Be about 40.8, a *Be about 25.5, and b *Be about 20.6.
5. the described colored contact lens of claim 3, wherein: orange colorant has this character, if promptly it is a colorant unique on the contact lenses when with spectrophotometry, so contact lenses about 360 and about 540nm between to have reflection coefficient be about 6 catoptries; Having reflection coefficient at about 620nm place is about 26 catoptries; And have reflection coefficient at about 740nm place is about 33 catoptries.
6. wear the colored contact lens that changes over honey color with iris by the people for one kind with the people, these contact lenses comprise the pupil part of a non-opacity, iris portion around above-mentioned pupil part, with an opaque intermittent pattern painted on above-mentioned iris portion, quite most of right and wrong of this pattern are opaque, the above-mentioned iris portion of above-mentioned pattern covers is at least about 25% area, the element of above-mentioned pattern is that general viewers does not recognize, and above-mentioned pattern forms with orange colorant, filbert colorant and dark colorant.
7. the described colored contact lens of claim 6, wherein: orange colorant comprises that IO is red.
8. the described colored contact lens of claim 6, wherein: add orange colorant with the pattern element form, these pattern element collectives form inboard asterism.
9. the described colored contact lens of claim 6, wherein: filbert colorant comprises PCN indigo plant, titania, IO is red and the IO Huang.
10. the described colored contact lens of claim 6, wherein: add filbert colorant with the pattern element form, these pattern element collectives form the asterism in the outside.
11. the described colored contact lens of claim 6, wherein: dark colorant is a black colorant.
12. the described colored contact lens of claim 6, wherein: deepen the chromatic colorant agent with the pattern element form, these pattern element collectives form outermost asterism.
13. colored contact lens, the pupil part that comprises a non-opacity, iris portion around above-mentioned pupil part, at least two painted, opaque intermittent pattern on above-mentioned iris portion, make quite most of right and wrong of pattern opaque, wherein at least about 25% area, wherein: each element of first pattern comprises orange colorant to the above-mentioned iris portion of above-mentioned pattern covers, and each element of second pattern comprises filbert colorant.
14. the described stealthy lens of claim 13, wherein: add orange colorant with the pattern element form, these element set bodily forms become inboard asterism.
15. the described contact lenses of claim 13, wherein: add filbert colorant with the pattern element form, these pattern element collectives form outside asterism.
16. the described contact lenses of claim 13 have one the 3rd pattern, wherein: the element of the 3rd pattern comprises dark colorant.
17. the described contact lenses of claim 16, wherein: dark colorant is a black.
18. the described contact lenses of claim 17, wherein: add black colorant with the pattern element form, these pattern element collectives form the outermost asterism.
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