Patents by Inventor John Alan Ritter

John Alan Ritter 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: 20100130984
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgery system for wirelessly supplying power to at least one surgical module during ophthalmic surgery. The ophthalmic surgery system includes a power module having a power transmitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field in at least a space proximal to the power module, a surgical module including a power receiver, and a surgical console in communication with the surgical module. Power is wirelessly induced in the power receiver when the surgical module is within the space, such that at least one component included in the surgical module is substantially powered by the induced power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: John Alan Ritter, Thomas G. Moore, JR.
  • Patent number: 6251113
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic surgical procedures. The system includes a data communications bus and a user interface connected to the data communications bus. The user interface provides information to the user and receives information from the user which is representative of operating parameters of the microsurgical instruments. The system also includes surgical modules connected to and controlling the microsurgical instruments as a function of at least one of the operating parameters. The surgical modules are also connected to the data communications bus. The data communications bus provides communication of data representative of the operating parameters between the user interface and the surgical modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Francis Appelbaum, Michael Evremonde Bisch, Bruce Robert Cochran, Christopher Michael Eberhardt, Jeffery Alan Knight, John A. Painter, John Alan Ritter
  • Patent number: 6117126
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic surgical procedures. The system includes a data communications bus and a user interface connected to the data communications bus. The user interface provides information to the user and receives information from the user which is representative of operating parameters of the microsurgical instruments. The system also includes surgical modules connected to and controlling the microsurgical instruments as a function of at least one of the operating parameters. The surgical modules are also connected to the data communications bus. The data communications bus provides communication of data representative of the operating parameters between the user interface and the surgical modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Francis Appelbaum, John Alan Ritter
  • Patent number: 6059728
    Abstract: The invention is a linear transducer array having an axis of rotation parallel to the long axis of the array. Accordingly, each transducer element is analogous to the single transducer of the traditional B-scan. All the elements are pulsed in rapid sequence as the entire array is swept mechanically, and a series of B-scan planes, displaced from each other by the transducer element spacing, are created. Display control electronics interpret the multiple planes with the resultant solid volume represented in isometric or perspective views on a CRT. Ultrasonic transducer arrays of 16 or more elements can be fabricated which would cover the entire volume of the eye in a single angular sweep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Storz Instrument Co.
    Inventor: John Alan Ritter
  • Patent number: 6010496
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic surgical procedures. The system includes a data communications bus and a user interface connected to the data communications bus. The user interface provides information to the user and receives information from the user which is representative of operating parameters of the microsurgical instruments. The system also includes surgical modules connected to and controlling the microsurgical instruments as a function of at least one of the operating parameters. The surgical modules are also connected to the data communications bus. The data communications bus provides communication of data representative of the operating parameters between the user interface and the surgical modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Francis Appelbaum, John Alan Ritter
  • Patent number: 5997528
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic surgical procedures. The system includes a data communications bus and a user interface connected to the data communications bus. The user interface provides information to the user and receives information from the user which is representative of operating parameters of the microsurgical instruments. The system also includes surgical modules connected to and controlling the microsurgical instruments as a function of at least one of the operating parameters. The surgical modules are also connected to the data communications bus. The data communications bus provides communication of data representative of the operating parameters between the user interface and the surgical modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Evremonde Bisch, Bruce Robert Cochran, Christopher Michael Eberhardt, Jeffery Alan Knight, John Alan Ritter
  • Patent number: 5938655
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic surgical procedures. The system includes a data communications bus and a user interface connected to the data communications bus. The user interface provides information to the user and receives information from the user which is representative of operating parameters of the microsurgical instruments. The system also includes surgical modules connected to and controlling the microsurgical instruments as a function of at least one of the operating parameters. The surgical modules are also connected to the data communications bus. The data communications bus provides communication of data representative of the operating parameters between the user interface and the surgical modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Storz Instrument Company
    Inventors: Michael Evremonde Bisch, Christopher Michael Eberhardt, John Alan Ritter