US Patent 6921168 Translating contact lens having a ramped ridge

The present invention provides a translating contact lens having a central axis, an anterior surface and an opposite posterior surface. The anterior surface includes an optical zone and a ramped ridge zone, which is disposed below the optical zone and capable of controlling contact lens position on an eye in primary gaze or translating amount across the eye when the eye changes from gazing at an object at a distance to gazing at an object at an intermediate distance or at a nearby object, or both.