Patents by Inventor Dan Stanley

Dan Stanley 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).

  • Publication number: 20080269886
    Abstract: An IOL is disclosed that includes an anterior surface and a posterior surface disposed about an optical axis, where the posterior surface includes a central region extending to a peripheral region. Once the IOL is implanted in a patient's eye, the anterior surface and the central region of the posterior surface cooperatively form an image of a field of view on the retina and the peripheral region of the posterior surface directs at least some light rays incident thereon (e.g., via refraction by the anterior surface) to at least one retinal location offset from the image so as to inhibit dysphotopsia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Michael J. Simpson, Dan Stanley, XiaoXiao Zhang, K. Scott Ellis
  • Patent number: 7350916
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provide an ophthalmic lens (e.g., an IOL) that includes an optic having an anterior optical surface and a posterior optical surface, where the optic provides an optical power in a range of about 16 D to about 25 D as measured in a medium having an index of refraction substantially similar to that of the eye's aqueous humor (e.g., about 1.336). At least one of the optical surfaces is characterized by an aspherical base profile such that the optic exhibits a negative spherical aberration in a range of about ?0.202 microns to about ?0.190 microns across the power range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Alcon, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Hong, Jihong Xie, Stephen J. Van Noy, Dan Stanley, Mutlu Karakelle, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Michael J. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20060244904
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provide an ophthalmic lens (e.g., an IOL) that includes an optic having an anterior optical surface and a posterior optical surface, where the optic provides an optical power in a range of about 16 D to about 25 D as measured in a medium having an index of refraction substantially similar to that of the eye's aqueous humor (e.g., about 1.336). At least one of the optical surfaces is characterized by an aspherical base profile such that the optic exhibits a negative spherical aberration in a range of about ?0.202 microns to about ?0.190 microns across the power range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Xin Hong, Jihong Xie, Stephen Van Noy, Dan Stanley, Mutlu Karakelle, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Michael Simpson
  • Publication number: 20060227286
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ophthalmic lens (e.g., an intraocular lens) having an optic with an anterior surface and a posterior surface, which exhibits a shape factor (defined as a ratio of the sum of the anterior and posterior curvatures to the difference of such curvatures) in a range of about ?0.5 to about 4. In a related aspect, the shape factor of the optic lies in a range of about 0 to about 2. The above shape factors give rise to a plurality of different lens shapes, such as concave-convex, plano-convex and plano-concave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Xin Hong, Stephen Van Noy, Jihong Xie, Dan Stanley, Mutlu Karakelle, Michael Simpson, Xiaoxiao Zhang