Patents by Inventor Hamid Darabi

Hamid Darabi 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).

  • Apparatus and method for distributing ophthalmic lenses
    Patent number: 10453292
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages comprises a first spool and a second spool rotatably mounted to a least one support, and a flexible sheet, having a hole, that coils or uncoils around the spools in response to their rotation. A cartridge with a hole and a means for releasably holding a package is attached to the flexible sheet, and the hole of the flexible sheet and the hole of the cartridge are aligned to permit an object to pass therethrough. A pushing means, between said first spool and said second spool, extends a pushing member through the hole of the flexible sheet and the hole of the cartridge. A scanning means moves in response to an electrical or mechanical signal between said first spool and said second spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R Kernick, Hamid A Darabi, Daniel T Wang
  • AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING OPHTHALMIC LENSES
    Publication number: 20190051091
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages comprises a first spool and a second spool rotatably mounted to a least one support, and a flexible sheet, having a hole, that coils or uncoils around the spools in response to their rotation. A cartridge with a hole and a means for releasably holding a package is attached to the flexible sheet, and the hole of the flexible sheet and the hole of the cartridge are aligned to permit an object to pass therethrough. A pushing means, between said first spool and said second spool, extends a pushing member through the hole of the flexible sheet and the hole of the cartridge. A scanning means moves in response to an electrical or mechanical signal between said first spool and said second spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R Kernick, Hamid A Darabi, Daniel T Wang
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING OPHTHALMIC LENSES
    Publication number: 20190051092
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages comprises a first spool and a second spool rotatably mounted to a least one support. Each of a plurality of cartridges has a back wall, two side walls, and an attachment means to couple each cartridge to another cartridge. The back wall comprises at least two holes, and each side wall comprises a means for releasably holding a package. A plurality of cartridges attached to each other comprises a first end and a second end, with the first end attached to the first spool, and the second end attached to the second spool. When the first or second spool rotates, the plurality of cartridges coils around the first or second spool. A pushing means extends a pushing member through a hole, and a scanning means moves in response to an electrical or mechanical signal between said first spool and said second spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R Kernick, Hamid A Darabi, Daniel T Wang
  • Apparatus and method for distributing ophthalmic lenses
    Patent number: 10109145
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages having a pushing means and methods of its use are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Kernick, Hamid A. Darabi, Daniel T. Wang
  • Apparatus and method for distributing ophthalmic lenses
    Patent number: 8392018
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages. A plurality of ophthalmic lens packages are loaded into the apparatus and the apparatus determines an identity of each ophthalmic lens package. A housing stores the ophthalmic lens packages and records a location and identity of each of the lens packages and dispenses a particular ophthalmic lens package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Wang, Edward R. Kernick, Hamid A. Darabi, Francis E. Mirmina, Gerhard Andrew Foelsche, David Logan Baker, Breck Andrew Petrillo, Carl B. Dumas, Son Minh Luong, Benjamin Beaugh, Christopher T. Zirps
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING OPHTHALMIC LENSES
    Publication number: 20100187249
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages and methods of its use are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Edward R. Kernick, Hamid A. Darabi, Daniel T. Wang
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING OPHTHALMIC LENSES
    Publication number: 20100181332
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages and methods of its use are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel T. Wang, Edward R. Kernick, Hamid A. Darabi, Francis E. Mirmina, Gerhard Andrew Foelsche, David Logan Baker, Breck Andrew Petrillo, Carl B. Dumas, Son Minh Luong, Benjamin Beaugh, Christopher T. Zirps
  • Methods and apparatuses for sealing ophthalmic lens packages
    Publication number: 20070033906
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for the treatment of ophthalmic lens packages prior to sealing are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Edward Kernick, Alan Lewis, Charles Hood, Hamid Darabi, Steven Benjamin, Melvin Price