Patent Analytics Report on Contact Lens

Introduction

Contact lenses are considered medical devices and can be worn to correct vision, or for cosmetic or therapeutic reasons. People choose to wear contact lenses for many reasons.Aesthetics and cosmetics are often motivating factors for people who would like to avoid wearing glasses or would like to change the appearance of their eyes.Other people wear contacts for functional or optical reasons. When compared with spectacles, contact lenses typically provide better peripheral vision, and do not collect moisture such as rain, snow, condensation, or sweat.

Contact lenses can be classified in many different ways. Contact lenses can be separated by their primary function, material, wear schedule i.e.how long a lens can be worn before removing it and replacement schedule i.e.how long before a lens needs to be discarded. Typically, soft contact lenses are mass-produced, while rigid lenses are custom-made to exact specifications for specific individual patients.

When it comes to contact lenses, it’s very important to know exactly what’s inside of them, or better yet, what they’re made of. Materials used have varied throughout the years. Earlier times called for more rigid materials that didn’t allow much oxygen to get to your eye. But as technology has improved, so has the availability of products.

Points covered:

• Overview of top companies involved in contact lensand their publication trend
• Focus on thetypes and materials for contact lens
• Trends for different applications of contact lens and their patent activity
• Analyzing key companies within contact lens

Technical Segmentation (Patent Categories)

Publication Trend

What has been the publication trend forcontact lens?

Contact lens publications have emerged before 1994 with the real surge in the activity around this technology has happened in the last 10 years.

It’s clear the current activity around these technologies is likely to continue seeing more innovation in the near future.

Top Companies

The top organizationsare:

Research activity around world

In terms of regional pockets where patent protection is being sought most frequently for these technologies,US leads the count, followed by the JPand CN. The table below ranks top priority countries and helps provide an indication of where innovation in this area is originating: