Accession Number:

ADD014622

Title:

Optical Protective Shield.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application, Filed 16 Jul 90,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Mullins, William D.

Report Date:

1990-07-16

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

An opaque optical shield resembling a contact lens is placed on the cornea of the eye beneath the eyelid to protect the pupil and iris from laser light that may be incident thereon during laser treatment to remove birthmarks caused by disorders of blood vessels under the skin. Patent applications. js

Descriptors:

• *OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• *PATENT APPLICATIONS
• *PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
• *SHIELDING
• CORNEA
• EYE
• EYEGLASSES
• LASER APPLICATIONS
• LASER BEAMS
• OPACITY

Subject Categories:

• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE