UltraVision CLPL is a

contact lens Contact lenses, or simply contacts, are thin lenses placed directly on the surface of the eyes. Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices used by over 150 million people worldwide, and they can be worn to correct vision or for cosmetic ...

manufacturer, with headquarters in

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. It ships products across the world.

History

Contact Lens Precision Laboratories (CLPL), was founded in Cambridge in 1967. J. Keith Lomas, who was the company's managing director between 1996 and 2017, oversaw the acquisition of UltraVision in July 2003.Lens Maker lifts status with major acquisition , Business Weekly
Upon that acquisition, the company name was changed to the UltraVision CLPL group.School friends with an eye on success , Independent, The (London)
/ref> UltraVision CLPL opened a research-and-development office in 2007. Based in

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, this office has developed various types of contact-lens technologies, including

freeform surface modelling Freeform surface modelling is a technique for engineering freeform surfaces with a CAD or CAID system. The technology has encompassed two main fields. Either creating aesthetic surfaces (class A surfaces) that also perform a function; for examp ...

, toric lens design, and

wavefront In physics, the wavefront of a time-varying ''wave field'' is the set (locus) of all points having the same ''phase''. The term is generally meaningful only for fields that, at each point, vary sinusoidally in time with a single temporal freque ...

technologies, as well as lenses for persons suffering from

keratoconus Keratoconus (KC) is a disorder of the eye that results in progressive thinning of the cornea. This may result in blurry vision, double vision, nearsightedness, irregular astigmatism, and light sensitivity leading to poor quality-of-life. Usu ...

and corneal trauma, KeraSoft. In April 2018 Contact Lens Precision Laboratories was acquired by SEED Co., Ltd.

Awards

In 2001, UltraVision's Spherical Aberration Management technology received the Award for Innovation in British Optics from the

Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, UK. The company was founded by a Royal Charter of Charles I in 1629 AD; it was granted the status of a Livery Company in 1809. The company was e ...

.The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers Innovation in British Optics: Winners 2001
In the same year, the company received a Technology Award from EFCLIN (the European Federation of Contact Lens Industry). UltraVision CLPL has received The Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation twice first in 2006 for its Spherical Aberration Management and Wavefront technologiesQueens Award for Enterprise: Innovation - Winners of 2006
and again in April 2010 for KeraSoft, UltraVision's patented contact lens for irregular

cornea The cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. Along with the anterior chamber and lens, the cornea refracts light, accounting for approximately two-thirds of the eye's total optical power ...

s.Optometry Today - UltraVision wins second Queen's Award
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References

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External links

UltraVision Group website
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