Contact lens

Abstract

A contact lens includes a lens body and an embedded module. The lens body has an optical portion and an annular wearing portion surrounding the optical portion. The embedded module is embedded in the annular wearing portion, and includes a front supporting ring, a rear supporting ring, and a circuit structure that is sandwiched between the front supporting ring and the rear supporting ring. Each of the front supporting ring and the rear supporting ring is made of an eye-friendly material and surrounds the optical portion. A front curved surface of the front supporting ring is flush with a front surface of the lens body. A rear curved surface of the rear supporting ring is flush with a rear surface of the lens body so as to be jointly configured for being worn on an eye.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A contact lens, comprising:
 a lens body including an optical portion and an annular wearing portion that surrounds the optical portion, wherein the lens body has a front surface and a rear surface that is opposite to the front surface; and   an embedded module embedded in the annular wearing portion and including:
 a front supporting ring being made of an eye-friendly material, wherein the front supporting ring surrounds the optical portion and has a front curved surface and a rear carrying surface, and wherein the front curved surface is flush with the front surface of the lens body; 
 a rear supporting ring being made of an eye-friendly material, wherein the rear supporting ring surrounds the optical portion and has a rear curved surface and a front carrying surface, and wherein the rear curved surface is flush with the rear surface of the lens body so as to be jointly configured for being worn on an eye; and 
 a circuit structure sandwiched between the rear carrying surface of the front supporting ring and the front carrying surface of the rear supporting ring, wherein the circuit structure is entirely embedded in the annular wearing portion. 
   
     
     
         2 . The contact lens according to  claim 1 , wherein a material of the lens body, the eye-friendly material of the front supporting ring, and the eye-friendly material of the rear supporting ring each include a hydrogel or a silicone hydrogel, and an outer surface of the contact lens has no slot. 
     
     
         3 . The contact lens according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the front supporting ring and the rear supporting ring overlaps an entirety of the circuit structure, and lateral sides of the circuit structure are gaplessly connected to the annular wearing portion. 
     
     
         4 . The contact lens according to  claim 1 , further comprising an electronic component that is connected to the circuit structure and that is sandwiched between the rear carrying surface of the front supporting ring and the front carrying surface of the rear supporting ring, and wherein lateral sides of the electronic component are gaplessly connected to the annular wearing portion. 
     
     
         5 . The contact lens according to  claim 4 , wherein the circuit structure includes a circuit that is connected to the electronic component and that is not formed on any carrier. 
     
     
         6 . The contact lens according to  claim 4 , wherein the circuit structure includes a carrier and a circuit that is formed on the carrier and that is connected to the electronic component. 
     
     
         7 . The contact lens according to  claim 6 , wherein the carrier includes:
 a C-shaped segment having at least one thru-hole that is fully filled with the annular wearing portion; and   a connection segment connected in-between two distal ends of the C-shaped segment;   wherein, in a top view of the contact lens, an area of the at least one thru-hole is 1% to 85% of an area surrounded by an outer contour of the C-shaped segment.   
     
     
         8 . The contact lens according to  claim 7 , wherein the optical portion defines a central axis; wherein, in the top view of the contact lens, the central axis defines an origin point, the contact lens is sequentially divided into a first quadrant, a second quadrant, a third quadrant, and a fourth quadrant along a counterclockwise direction with respect to the origin point; and wherein four parts of the at least one thru-hole are respectively arranged in the first quadrant, the second quadrant, the third quadrant, and the fourth quadrant, and an area of any one of the four parts of the at least one thru-hole is 50% to 150% of an area of another one of the four parts of the at least one thru-hole. 
     
     
         9 . The contact lens according to  claim 6 , wherein the optical portion defines a central axis, and the carrier has a plurality of radial notches recessed from an outer edge thereof toward the central axis so as to allow the carrier to have a fixed curvature, and wherein the radial notches are fully filled with the annular wearing portion. 
     
     
         10 . The contact lens according to  claim 4 , wherein the rear surface of the lens body and the rear curved surface of the rear supporting ring jointly provide a predetermined curvature for being worn on the eye, the front surface of the lens body has a viewable surface corresponding in position to the optical portion, and the front surface of the lens body and the front curved surface of the front supporting ring jointly form a free curved surface that corresponds in position to the annular wearing portion, and wherein the viewable surface has a first curvature being different from a second curvature of the free curved surface, and a thickness of the annular wearing portion gradually increases in a direction toward the electronic component. 
     
     
         11 . The contact lens according to  claim 10 , wherein the annular wearing portion has a layout region being C-shaped and a lower eyelid region that is arranged between two ends of the layout region and that is connected to the lateral sides of the electronic component; and wherein, when the contact lens is worn on the eye, a part of the contact lens having a largest thickness is located inside of a lower eyelid of the eye, and a part of the contact lens having a smallest thickness is located inside of an upper eyelid of the eye. 
     
     
         12 . A contact lens, comprising:
 a lens body including an optical portion and an annular wearing portion that surrounds the optical portion, wherein the lens body has a front surface and a rear surface that is opposite to the front surface and that is configured for being worn on an eye; and   an embedded module embedded in the annular wearing portion and including:
 a front supporting ring being made of an eye-friendly material, wherein the front supporting ring surrounds the optical portion and has a front curved surface and a rear carrying surface, and wherein the front curved surface is flush with the front surface of the lens body; and 
 a circuit structure fixed onto the rear carrying surface of the front supporting ring, wherein the circuit structure is entirely embedded in the annular wearing portion. 
   
     
     
         13 . The contact lens according to  claim 12 , further comprising an electronic component that is connected to the circuit structure and that is fixed onto the rear carrying surface of the front supporting ring, and wherein the front supporting ring overlaps an entirety of the circuit structure and an entirety of the electronic component, and the circuit structure and the electronic component are gaplessly connected to the annular wearing portion. 
     
     
         14 . The contact lens according to  claim 13 , wherein the circuit structure includes a carrier and a circuit that is formed on the carrier and that is connected to the electronic component, and wherein the carrier includes:
 a C-shaped segment having at least one thru-hole that is fully filled with the annular wearing portion; and   a connection segment connected in-between two distal ends of the C-shaped segment;   wherein, in a top view of the contact lens, an area of the at least one thru-hole is 1% to 85% of an area surrounded by an outer contour of the C-shaped segment.   
     
     
         15 . The contact lens according to  claim 13 , wherein the rear surface of the lens body has a predetermined curvature for being worn on the eye, the front surface of the lens body has a viewable surface corresponding in position to the optical portion, and the front surface of the lens body and the front curved surface of the front supporting ring jointly form a free curved surface that corresponds in position to the annular wearing portion, and wherein the viewable surface has a first curvature being different from a second curvature of the free curved surface, and a thickness of the annular wearing portion gradually increases in a direction toward the electronic component. 
     
     
         16 . A contact lens, comprising:
 a lens body including an optical portion and an annular wearing portion that surrounds the optical portion, wherein the lens body has a front surface and a rear surface that is opposite to the front surface; and   an embedded module embedded in the annular wearing portion and including:
 a rear supporting ring being made of an eye-friendly material, wherein the rear supporting ring surrounds the optical portion and has a rear curved surface and a front carrying surface, and wherein the rear curved surface is flush with the rear surface of the lens body so as to be jointly configured for being worn on an eye; and 
 a circuit structure fixed onto the front carrying surface of the rear supporting ring, wherein the circuit structure is entirely embedded in the annular wearing portion. 
   
     
     
         17 . The contact lens according to  claim 16 , wherein a material of the lens body and the eye-friendly material of the rear supporting ring each include a hydrogel or a silicone hydrogel, and an outer surface of the contact lens has no slot, wherein the contact lens further includes an electronic component that is connected to the circuit structure and that is fixed onto the front carrying surface of the rear supporting ring, and wherein the rear supporting ring overlaps an entirety of the circuit structure and an entirety of the electronic component, and the circuit structure and the electronic component are gaplessly connected to the annular wearing portion. 
     
     
         18 . The contact lens according to  claim 16 , wherein the circuit structure includes a carrier and a circuit that is formed on the carrier and that is connected to the electronic component, and wherein the carrier includes:
 a C-shaped segment having at least one thru-hole that is fully filled with the annular wearing portion; and   a connection segment connected in-between two distal ends of the C-shaped segment;   wherein, in a top view of the contact lens, an area of the at least one thru-hole is 1% to 85% of an area surrounded by an outer contour of the C-shaped segment.   
     
     
         19 . The contact lens according to  claim 18 , wherein the rear surface of the lens body and the rear curved surface of the rear supporting ring jointly provide a predetermined curvature for being worn on the eye, and the front surface of the lens body has a viewable surface corresponding in position to the optical portion and a free curved surface that corresponds in position to the annular wearing portion, and wherein the viewable surface has a first curvature being different from a second curvature of the free curved surface, and a thickness of the annular wearing portion gradually increases in a direction toward the electronic component. 
     
     
         20 . A contact lens, comprising:
 a lens body including an optical portion and an annular wearing portion that surrounds the optical portion, wherein the lens body has a front surface and a rear surface that is opposite to the front surface; and   an embedded module embedded in the annular wearing portion and including:
 a plurality of supporting bodies being made of an eye-friendly material, wherein the supporting bodies are arranged outside of the optical portion and each have a curved surface and a carrying surface, and wherein the curved surface of each of the supporting bodies is flush with one of the rear surface of the lens body; and 
 a circuit structure fixed onto the carrying surfaces of the supporting bodies, wherein the circuit structure is entirely embedded in the annular wearing portion.