Patents by Inventor Alfred Willem Wassenburg

Alfred Willem Wassenburg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11484403
    Abstract: An injector for introducing a capsular tension ring and intended for once-only use, and a method for manufacturing such an injector. The injector includes: a housing extending in longitudinal direction of the injector, and a throughfeed channel. A plunger is arranged movably in the channel and includes an engaging means for engaging the capsular tension ring, and further includes a guide element on a guide arm. A spring mechanism co-acts with the plunger and is configured to displace the plunger from a starting state, in which the engaging means engages the capsular tension ring, to an activating state in which the capsular tension ring is carried inward into the throughfeed channel. The housing has a guide with first and second channel parts, and a wall part for carrying the guide element from the first to the second channel part, and the first channel part is provided with a resistance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: OPHTEC B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Dusseljee, Roelof Speelman, Alfred Willem Wassenburg
  • Publication number: 20200345480
    Abstract: An injector for introducing a capsular tension ring and intended for once-only use, and a method for manufacturing such an injector. The injector includes: a housing extending in longitudinal direction of the injector, and a throughfeed channel. A plunger is arranged movably in the channel and includes an engaging means for engaging the capsular tension ring, and further includes a guide element on a guide arm. A spring mechanism co-acts with the plunger and is configured to displace the plunger from a starting state, in which the engaging means engages the capsular tension ring, to an activating state in which the capsular tension ring is carried inward into the throughfeed channel. The housing has a guide with first and second channel parts, and a wall part for carrying the guide element from the first to the second channel part, and the first channel part is provided with a resistance threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: OPHTEC B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik DUSSELJEE, Roelof SPEELMAN, Alfred Willem WASSENBURG
  • Patent number: 10031347
    Abstract: An ophthalmic multifocal lens to be worn on or in a human eye. The lens has an optical portion with anterior and posterior surfaces and a circumferential peripheral boundary. The optical portion has far vision zones having a first refractive power and near vision zones having an add power. The far visions zones and near vision zones include ring segments having one of the refractive powers each radially bounding a more central zone of another one of the refractive powers. The ring segments include ring segments bordering on the peripheral boundary and alternating in circumferential sense along the full circumference of the peripheral boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Ophtec B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Verburg, Peter Biemold, Alfred Willem Wassenburg
  • Patent number: 9880400
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens to be worn on or in a human eye for refractive correction of astigmatism. The lens has an anterior surface and a posterior surface shaped such that at least a zone of the lens said lens has a first dioptric power over a first main meridian, a second dioptric power different from the first dioptric power over a second main meridian intersecting the first meridian, and a dioptric power between the first dioptric power and said second dioptric power over each meridian between the first and second main meridians, the optical power continuously varying from meridian to meridian. The main meridians and at least one meridian between the main meridians each have a different Coddington shape factor and a different asphericity that is related to the Coddington shape factor of the respective meridian in accordance with a relationship providing aberration neutral refraction for the respective meridian.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Ophtec B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Biemold, Erik de Haas, Alfred Willem Wassenburg
  • Publication number: 20170010477
    Abstract: An ophthalmic multifocal lens to be worn on or in a human eye. The lens has an optical portion with anterior and posterior surfaces and a circumferential peripheral boundary. The optical portion has far vision zones having a first refractive power and near vision zones having an add power. The far visions zones and near vision zones include ring segments having one of the refractive powers each radially bounding a more central zone of another one of the refractive powers. The ring segments include ring segments bordering on the peripheral boundary and alternating in circumferential sense along the full circumference of the peripheral boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Ophtec B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Verburg, Peter Biemold, Alfred Willem Wassenburg
  • Publication number: 20160299355
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens to be worn on or in a human eye for refractive correction of astigmatism. The lens has an anterior surface and a posterior surface shaped such that at least a zone of the lens said lens has a first dioptric power over a first main meridian, a second dioptric power different from the first dioptric power over a second main meridian intersecting the first meridian, and a dioptric power between the first dioptric power and said second dioptric power over each meridian between the first and second main meridians, the optical power continuously varying from meridian to meridian. The main meridians and at least one meridian between the main meridians each have a different Coddington shape factor and a different asphericity that is related to the Coddington shape factor of the respective meridian in accordance with a relationship providing aberration neutral refraction for the respective meridian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: OPHTEC B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Biemold, Erik de Haas, Alfred Willem Wassenburg