Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
623600120 | Combined with surgical tool | 35 |
20080281413 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING INCISIONS TO IMPROVE INTRAOCULAR LENS PLACEMENT - A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member. | 11-13-2008 |
20090036982 | Injectable Intraocular Implants - An injectable intraocular implant including an optics portion and a resilient, flexible haptics portion mounted coaxially with the optics portion and a method for inserting the implant into the eye. | 02-05-2009 |
20090112313 | Lubricious intraocular lens insertion device - This invention relates to a method of making an intraocular lens insertion device comprising a lubricious insertion tip assembly and to the device itself. | 04-30-2009 |
20090132040 | Ocular Implant Delivery System and Method - A method of inserting an ocular implant into a patient's eye, the ocular implant being mounted on a carrier, the method comprising: inserting a cannula into an anterior chamber of the eye; moving a distal exit port of the cannula into communication with Schlemm's canal; and advancing the ocular implant and carrier through an exit port of the cannula into Schlemm's canal. The invention also provides an ocular implant and delivery system comprising: a cannula comprising a distal exit port adapted to be inserted into a Schlemm's canal portion of an eye; an ocular implant; a carrier disposed within the implant and movable with the implant within the cannula; and a proximal control adapted to be operated from exterior to an eye to move at least one of the carrier and the implant when the distal exit port of the cannula is within the eye. | 05-21-2009 |
20090319039 | Method in Eye Surgery - A method for prevention of migration of epithelial cells in a capsular bag of an eye of a mammal is provided. The method comprises removing the natural lens of the eye from the capsular bag; introducing an object with at least one sharp edge into the capsular bag, in such a way that said sharp edge contacts the inside of the capsular bag to form a barrier preventing migration of epithelial cells across said barrier; and injecting a lens-forming composition into the capsular bag. | 12-24-2009 |
20100137982 | Method For Creating Incisions To Improve Intraocular Lens Placement - A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member. | 06-03-2010 |
20100161049 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF THE INTRAOCULAR LENS - Provided is an intraocular lens insertion device capable of omitting a repeated operation after the intraocular lens is inserted into the eye. The intraocular lens insertion device ( | 06-24-2010 |
20110004302 | OPHTHALMIC SIZING DEVICES AND METHODS - An apparatus for sizing an intraocular lens and/or an ocular region of the eye of a subject, such as the anterior chamber, contains a sizing device and a measurement device. In one embodiment, the sizing device comprises a first leg having a first contact portion for operably engaging the ocular portion and a second leg having a second contact portion for operably engaging the ocular portion. The sizing device has a test geometry when placed within the ocular portion. The measurement device is adapted for determining a dimension of the sizing device based at least in part on the test geometry. The sizing device may also have a reference geometry when the sizing device in a reference condition. In certain embodiments, the difference between the reference geometry and the test geometry may be used for sizing the intraocular lens and/or the ocular portion. | 01-06-2011 |
20110082542 | METHODS OF OBTAINING OPHTHALMIC LENSES PROVIDING THE EYE WITH REDUCED ABERRATIONS - The present invention discloses methods of obtaining ophthalmic lens capable of reducing the aberrations of the eye comprising the steps of characterizing at least one corneal surface as a mathematical model, calculating the resulting aberrations of said corneal surface(s) by employing said mathematical model, selecting the optical power of the intraocular lens. From this information, an ophthalmic lens is modeled so a wavefront arriving from an optical system comprising said lens and corneal model obtains reduced aberrations in the eye. Also disclosed are ophthalmic lenses as obtained by the methods which are capable reducing aberrations of the eye. | 04-07-2011 |
20110093068 | CAPSULE CAPTURE SNARE - A surgical tool for manipulating a haptic of an intraocular lens. The surgical tool includes an elongated center rail having a traveler slideably disposed within the center rail, the center rail being at least partially disposed in a first housing, an actuator operatively connected to the traveler and fixedly connected to the center rail, a conduit partially disposed within the first housing and slideably coupled to the traveler, and an engaging member selectively extendable out of the conduit, wherein actuation of the actuator manipulates the engaging member. | 04-21-2011 |
20110098809 | Ocular Implant System and Method - An ocular implant and delivery system having a channel tool adapted to extend through at least a portion of Schlemm's canal of a human eye and to determine whether the Schlemm's canal portion provides a suitable location for the delivery of an ocular implant; an ocular implant adapted to be disposed within Schlemm's canal of a human eye; and a cannula comprising a distal opening adapted to deliver the channel tool and the ocular implant into Schlemm's canal of the eye. The invention also provides a method of treating glaucoma in a human eye including the steps of inserting a distal exit port of a cannula at least partially into Schlemm's canal of the eye; delivering a channel tool through the cannula into Schlemm's canal; delivering an ocular implant through the cannula into Schlemm's canal; and removing the channel tool and the cannula from the eye while leaving the ocular implant in place within Schlemm's canal. | 04-28-2011 |
20110172766 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LOADING OF AN IOL INJECTOR - An IOL injector body including an injector body segment defining a portion of a lumen, and a first loading chamber component coupled to the injector body segments and a second loading chamber component hingedly coupled to the first loading chamber component. The second loading chamber component is capable of rotating about an axis that is parallel to the lumen. An IOL vial including a vial base and an injector guide rotatably mounted in said base, whereby an injector can be inserted along the injector guide and rotated such that a folded IOL can be obtained in the injector. A method of loading an IOL injector with an IOL the method that comprises inserting the IOL injector body into a vial and rotating the IOL injector body relative to the vial to obtain the IOL in the IOL injector body. | 07-14-2011 |
20120095554 | COMPRESSED HAPTICS - An injectable intraocular implant including an optics portion and a resilient, flexible haptics portion mounted coaxially with the optics portion and a method for inserting the implant into the eye. | 04-19-2012 |
20120221102 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION DEVICE - An intraocular lens insertion device having a novel configuration, capable of more accurately arranging front and back surfaces of an intraocular lens in a proper direction. The intraocular lens insertion device is adapted in such a manner that the intraocular lens is set on a stage in a state placed flat with a pair of haptics extended facing front and back sides in a movement direction by a plunger. Also, an interfering acting part is provided to an insertion tube part, and the interfering acting part interferes with the haptic, which is extended facing the front side in the movement direction of the intraocular lens moved by the plunger, to apply on the haptic an external force toward the back side in the movement direction. Thus, the interfering acting part curves and deforms the haptic to a side approaching an optical portion. | 08-30-2012 |
20120296423 | FILLING AND IMPLANTING ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENSES - Advances in filling apparatus, handheld tools, surgical techniques and intraoperative biometry for implanting and adjusting an accommodative liquid lens are disclosed. The lens may be attached to or retained within a handheld surgical tool, which can be fluidly connectable to a filling console to fill the lens with a liquid. In various embodiments, a filling console facilitates aspirating liquid out of the lens in order to ensure the absence of residual bubbles and filling of the lens with fluid during surgery, as well as during post-operative adjustments to the lens. Actuated by the surgeon, the filling console can aspirate fluid from the lens and inject fluid into the lens following insertion thereof. | 11-22-2012 |
20130018460 | PRE-LOADED IOL INSERTION SYSTEM - A system for easily transferring an intraocular lens (IOL) from an inserter into a patient's eye. The system includes an inserter handpiece with a holding station for receiving or storing an IOL. The IOL may be pre-loaded within the holding station during manufacture, and the inserter handpiece coupled to a delivery tube so that the entire system is ready for use by a surgeon to implant an IOL. The IOL may have an optic and leading and trailing haptics coupled to the optic, and the holding station may be capable of manipulating the haptics as desired to facilitate transfer of the IOL through the delivery tube into the eye. For instance, the holding station may fold one or both of the haptics over the optic. Preferably, the holding station maintains the haptics in their folded positions during transfer of the IOL into the delivery tube. The holding station desirably maintains the IOL in a relaxed configuration during storage. A small opening on one side may be provided to introduce a narrow tool for folding one of the haptics over the optic. | 01-17-2013 |
20130103145 | GONIO LENS SYSTEM WITH STABILIZATION MECHANISM - This disclosure relates generally to methods and devices for use in viewing and positioning an eye with a gonio lens system, such as during ocular exams and ocular surgeries. Some embodiments of the gonio lens system can include a gonio lens for viewing one or more tissues and structures of the eye. In addition, the gonio lens system can include one or more positioning features for controlling movement positioning of the eye. | 04-25-2013 |
20130110233 | INTRAOCULAR LENS | 05-02-2013 |
20130178934 | Optical Material and Method for Modifying the Refractive Index - A laser system for modifying the index of refraction of an optical hydrogel material. The laser system comprises a computer program to determine the position and shape of refractive structures to be written into the optical hydrogel material to correct a patient's vision, and a focused laser that generates laser light having a wavelength of from 400 nm to 900 nm, and which operates with an average power of 10 mW to 1000 mW to produce a pulse energy from 0.05 nJ to 1000 nJ with a peak intensity at focus of greater than 10 | 07-11-2013 |
20130197634 | APPARATUS FOR PATTERNED PLASMA-MEDIATED LASER TREPHINATION OF THE LENS CAPSULE AND THREE DIMENSIONAL PHACO-SEGMENTATION - System and method for making incisions in eye tissue at different depths. The system and method focuses light, possibly in a pattern, at various focal points which are at various depths within the eye tissue. A segmented lens can be used to create multiple focal points simultaneously. Optimal incisions can be achieved by sequentially or simultaneously focusing lights at different depths, creating an expanded column of plasma, and creating a beam with an elongated waist. | 08-01-2013 |
20130226292 | ISLET STORING INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT, METHOD OF USING THE SAME AND KIT INCLUDING THE SAME - An intraocular implant that has an anterior portion, at least one haptic element designed to localize the intraocular implant within an eye, a posterior portion, and an islet storage feature coupled to the anterior and posterior portions is disclosed. The interior of the islet storage feature is accessible from the anterior portion. The intraocular implant can be used as part of a method for treating a disease state, including, but not limited to, diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, macular edema, and other blinding eye diseases. | 08-29-2013 |
20130231740 | POLYMERS AND METHODS FOR OPHTHALMIC APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to novel methods and materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and to methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and implanting IOLs made therefrom. | 09-05-2013 |
20130274875 | INJECTOR FOR EYE - [PROBLEMS] To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube. | 10-17-2013 |
20140094908 | INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD - Novel intraocular lenses comprising at least one haptic having a shape memory alloy with a transition temperature substantially higher than the human body temperature, the shape memory alloy being post-surgically, selectively adjustable with a laser beam. | 04-03-2014 |
20140135916 | FLOW PROMOTING OCULAR IMPLANT - Disclosed are devices, methods and systems for treatment of eye disease, including open angle glaucoma and narrow angle glaucoma. Implants are described herein that create a directed flow field, such as between the anterior chamber and either the supraciliary space or suprachoroidal space. In addition, the implant can include a variety of features, including extruded features, such as rings and pegs, which can assist in preventing ocular tissue from collapsing onto the implant and occluding fluid pathways. | 05-15-2014 |
20140172089 | Capsule Expander Devices, Systems, and Methods for Inhibiting Capsular Opacification and Stabilizing the Capsule - Disclosed herein is an implantable capsule expander device for insertion within a lens capsule of an eye of a patient. The device comprises an arcuate center portion including first and second rims and having a first height, an outermost peripheral portion including a second height that is less than the first height, and a receiving portion formed between the first and second rims. The center portion and the outermost peripheral portion are configured to stabilize the capsule expander device within the lens capsule and to expand the lens capsule. The receiving portion is sized to receive an artificial intraocular lens. | 06-19-2014 |
20140277431 | TREATMENTS OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES OF THE EYE - System and methods for a corrective eye procedure include at least one application device configured to be positioned at a selected area of an eye (e.g., equatorial sclera, posterior sclera, cornea, etc.). The at least one device includes at least one channel and at least one illumination guide. A cross-linking agent source is coupled to the at least one channel. An illumination source is coupled to the at least one illumination guide. The at least one device delivers the cross-linking agent to the selected area of the eye. The at least one device delivers photo-activating light from the illumination source to the selected area of the eye after the cross-linking agent has been delivered. The photo-activating light includes one or more doses necessary for activating the cross-linking agent and for activating TGF-β isoforms to improve health of extracellular matrices in the selected area of the eye. | 09-18-2014 |
20140296976 | INTRAVITREOUS SELF ADAPTIVE STENT - A intravitreous stent includes a multi-loop single wire having a proximal end; a distal end; at least a first loop defined by the proximal end and a first portion of the single wire; at least a second loop defined by the distal end and a second portion of the single wire; wherein the first portion is joined to the second portion via a reversing loop portion. | 10-02-2014 |
20150094806 | IMPLANT DEVICE, SENSOR MODULE, SINGLE-USE INJECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMPLANT DEVICE - The invention relates to an implant device comprising a sensor module which comprises one or more first fastening means, an implant module which comprises one or more second fastening means, and a connecting module, by means of which the sensor module is connected to the implant module via the one or the first fastening means and via the one or the second fastening means, and comprising a fold axis, along which the implant device can be folded up. | 04-02-2015 |
20150342726 | OCULAR IMPLANT INSERTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - An ocular implant insertion apparatus that includes a plunger driver that is not manually powered and ocular implant insertion methods. There are a variety of instances where an ocular implant is inserted into the anterior chamber, posterior chamber, cornea, vitreous space and/or other portion of an eye. Exemplary ocular implants include, but are not limited to, lenses, capsular tension rings, ocular prosthesis and lamellar transplants. | 12-03-2015 |
20150359626 | FILLING AND IMPLANTING ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENSES - Advances in filling apparatus, handheld tools, surgical techniques and intraoperative biometry for implanting and adjusting an accommodative liquid lens are disclosed. The lens may be attached to or retained within a handheld surgical tool, which can be fluidly connectable to a filling console to fill the lens with a liquid. In various embodiments, a filling console facilitates aspirating liquid out of the lens in order to ensure the absence of residual bubbles and filling of the lens with fluid during surgery, as well as during post-operative adjustments to the lens. Actuated by the surgeon, the filling console can aspirate fluid from the lens and inject fluid into the lens following insertion thereof. | 12-17-2015 |
20160030163 | Surgical Apparatus and Method Of Implanting The Same - A surgical apparatus is provided for implantation into organic tissue for use with an implant having one or more stabilizing haptics. The surgical apparatus has a ring-like body for stabilizing organic tissue. The body has an outer surface and one or more abutments extending from the outer surface. The abutment is for engaging the stabilizing haptics of the implant to inhibit movement of the implant within the organic tissue. | 02-04-2016 |
20160128828 | Exocapsular device and method for lens stabilization - A device for implantation into an eye for supporting an intraocular lens during and following surgery. The device may include a ring and at least one support. The ring may have an open portion defined between a first eyelet on a first end and a second eyelet on a second end, the ring being radially compressible. The at least one support may be defined internally of the ring and have a position on which a lens is nestably engaged with the at least one support above a tear in the capsular bag of the eye. | 05-12-2016 |
20160151150 | INTRAOCULAR LENS-INSERTING INSTRUMENT | 06-02-2016 |
20160151151 | Apparatus For The Treatment of Cataract | 06-02-2016 |