Patents by Inventor Celeste Aguado

Celeste Aguado 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).

  • METHOD AND KITS FOR STERILIZING AND STORING SOFT CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20100243483
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a container for sterilizing a soft contact lens and for providing a sterilized storage package of the soft contact lens maintained in a packaging solution. By using the method and container of the invention, deformations of soft contact lenses during autoclave can be substantially reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuo Matsuzawa, Nicolae Enciu, Celeste Aguado
  • Method and kits for sterilizing and storing soft contact lenses
    Patent number: 7722808
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a container for sterilizing a soft contact lens and for providing a sterilized storage package of the soft contact lens maintained in a packaging solution. By using the method and container of the invention, deformations of soft contact lenses during autoclave can be substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Yasuo Matsuzawa, Nicolae Enciu, Celeste Aguado
  • High intensity UV mold pretreatment
    Publication number: 20080150178
    Abstract: This invention is related to ophthalmic lenses and the associated processes used to manufacture ophthalmic lenses. In particular, the present invention is related to a process for manufacturing contact lenses using high intensity UV light on lens molds to decouple mold creation from lens manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Celeste Aguado, David Bruce Lauer, Lynda Ann Lebel, Lawrence David Keyes, Courtney Flem Morgan, Karl William Rosenblum, Dale Edward Slack
  • Method and kits for sterilizing and storing soft contact lenses
    Publication number: 20050056553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a container for sterilizing a soft contact lens and for providing a sterilized storage package of the soft contact lens maintained in a packaging solution. By using the method and container of the invention, deformations of soft contact lenses during autoclave can be substantially reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuo Matsuzawa, Nicolae Enciu, Celeste Aguado
  • Polymeric materials for making contact lenses
    Patent number: 6815074
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens suited for extended-wear periods of at least one day on the eye without a clinically significant amount of corneal swelling and without substantial wearer discomfort. The lens has a balance of oxygen permeability and ion or water permeability, with the ion or water permeability being sufficient to provide good on-eye movement, such that a good tear exchange occurs between the lens and the eye. A preferred lens is a copolymerization product of a oxyperm macromer and an ionoperm monomer. The invention encompasses extended wear contact lenses, which include a core having oxygen transmission and ion transmission pathways extending from the inner surface to the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Celeste Aguado, Paul Clement Nicolson, Lynn Cook Winterton, Yongxing Qiu, John Martin Lally, Jacalyn Mary Schremmer
  • Polymeric materials for making contact lenses
    Publication number: 20030008154
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens suited for extended-wear periods of at least one day on the eye without a clinically significant amount of corneal swelling and without substantial wearer discomfort. The lens has a balance of oxygen permeability and ion or water permeability, with the ion or water permeability being sufficient to provide good on-eye movement, such that a good tear exchange occurs between the lens and the eye. A preferred lens is a copolymerization product of a oxyperm macromer and an ionoperm monomer. The invention encompasses extended wear contact lenses, which include a core having oxygen transmission and ion transmission pathways extending from the inner surface to the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Celeste Aguado, Paul Clement Nicolson, Lynn Cook Winterton, Yongxing Qiu, John Martin Lally, Jacalyn Mary Schremmer