Patents by Inventor Richard J. Michaels
Richard J. Michaels 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).
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Patent number: 11602272Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing ophthalmic optical coherence tomography with multiple resolutions. In some embodiments, a system comprises a light source, an output lens, and a set of optical components between the light source and the output lens, the set of optical components comprising an afocal zoom telescope. The set of optical components is adapted to provide imaging both at a first field of view with a first resolution and at a second field of view with a second resolution, wherein the first field of view is wider than the second field of view and the second resolution is higher than the first resolution. A method of performing ophthalmic optical coherence tomography with multiple resolutions may be performed using one or more of the systems described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Brent Duchon, Muhammad K. Al-Qaisi, Richard J. Michaels, Steve X. Chen
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Publication number: 20200367744Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing ophthalmic optical coherence tomography with multiple resolutions. In some embodiments, a system comprises a light source, an output lens, and a set of optical components between the light source and the output lens, the set of optical components comprising an afocal zoom telescope. The set of optical components is adapted to provide imaging both at a first field of view with a first resolution and at a second field of view with a second resolution, wherein the first field of view is wider than the second field of view and the second resolution is higher than the first resolution. A method of performing ophthalmic optical coherence tomography with multiple resolutions may be performed using one or more of the systems described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Brent Duchon, Muhammad K. Al-Qaisi, Richard J. Michaels, Steve X. Chen
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Patent number: 10310283Abstract: An adapter system for displaying and recording stereoscopic images from a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such an adapter are provided herein. The adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a microscope or an endoscope, to provide a stereoscopic image to a video or still camera mounted along the same optical path.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Reach3D Medical LLCInventors: Kevin Brent May, Richard J. Michaels
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Patent number: 9713420Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for precisely positioning an optical instrument, such as a wavefront aberrometer, in three dimensions with respect to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic apparatus may include an optical instrument directed in a first direction toward a target area to receive light therefrom and a camera directed in a second direction toward the target area to receive light therefrom, the first and second directions being non-parallel. The camera may include imaging optics to form an optical image on a photodetector array using light reflected from the target area. The ophthalmic apparatus may also include a processor configured to correlate a position of the optical image on the photodetector array with the distance between the optical instrument and the target area.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Richard J. Michaels, Max Hall, Diego Cueto, T. Scott Rowe, Thomas Padrick
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Publication number: 20170113118Abstract: A sled leg for a sled leg apparatus that has a sled body and a user attachment structure. The sled body has a base with an upper surface and lower surface, a nose and a tail. The nose includes an upwardly inclined portion. The lower surface is structurally configured to slide along an outside surface of relatively low friction. The upper surface is structurally configured to receive a shin of a user. The user attachment structure extends from opposing sides of the sled body. The user attachment structure is structurally configured to sandwich a leg of a user between the user attachment structure and the sled body, to, in turn, maintain the sled body in the desired position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventor: Richard J. Michaels, III
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Patent number: 9635347Abstract: A relay optic adapter system for imaging stereoscopic images with a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such a relay optic adapter are provided herein. The relay optic adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a still or video camera, to provide a stereoscopic image to imaging plane of the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Reach3D Medical LLCInventors: Kevin Brent May, Richard J. Michaels
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Publication number: 20170031169Abstract: An adapter system for displaying and recording stereoscopic images from a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such an adapter are provided herein. The adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a microscope or an endoscope, to provide a stereoscopic image to a video or still camera mounted along the same optical path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: Reach3D Medical LLCInventors: Kevin Brent May, Richard J. Michaels
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Patent number: 9494802Abstract: An adapter system for displaying and recording stereoscopic images from a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such an adapter are provided herein. The adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a microscope or an endoscope, to provide a stereoscopic image to a video or still camera mounted along the same optical path.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Reach3D Medical LLCInventors: Kevin Brent May, Richard J. Michaels
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Patent number: 9339180Abstract: An ophthalmic optical power measurement device can include a light source configured to direct an input beam of light into the eye of a patient. The ophthalmic optical power measurement device can also include an aperture configured to receive an output beam that consists of light from the input beam that scatters from a location on the retina of the eye and exits through the pupil of the eye. The ophthalmic optical power measurement device can also include a detector configured to receive the output beam after it has passed through the aperture. A processor can be configured to determine the size of a spot created by the output beam on the detector, and to determine the optical power of the eye based upon the size of the spot.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Michaels, Aric K. Plumley
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Patent number: 9307904Abstract: An ophthalmic system for use in performing angular measurements in relation to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical angular measurement device that can provide angular indicia by, for example, projecting an image of an angular measurement reticle onto a patient's eye or by superimposing an image of an angular measurement reticle onto an image of the patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical refractive power measurement device for providing desired angular orientations for ocular implants or for incisions. The ophthalmic system can be used, for example, to align a toric intraocular lens to a desired angular orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas D. Padrick, Jack T. Holladay, Dan Bao Tran, Aric K. Plumley, Richard J. Michaels, Jeff Padgett
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Patent number: 9259149Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring spatial distances within a patient's eye is disclosed. The apparatus can be used to measure, for example, the capsular bag depth in an aphakic eye. The spatial measurement system can direct laser light into a patient's eye so that a portion of the light is scattered by the capsular bag. The scattered light can be directed to a detector where spots can be formed corresponding to the locations on the capsular bag from which the light was scattered. The distance from the cornea to the capsular bag can be determined based, for example, at least in part on the distance between the spots formed on the detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a surgical microscope and/or a wavefront aberrometer. In some embodiments, an alignment system can be used to precisely position the apparatus relative to the patient's eye.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jack T. Holladay, Thomas D. Padrick, Richard J. Michaels
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Publication number: 20150257642Abstract: An ophthalmic optical power measurement device can include a light source configured to direct an input beam of light into the eye of a patient. The ophthalmic optical power measurement device can also include an aperture configured to receive an output beam that consists of light from the input beam that scatters from a location on the retina of the eye and exits through the pupil of the eye. The ophthalmic optical power measurement device can also include a detector configured to receive the output beam after it has passed through the aperture. A processor can be configured to determine the size of a spot created by the output beam on the detector, and to determine the optical power of the eye based upon the size of the spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Richard J. Michaels, Aric K. Plumley
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Patent number: 9072462Abstract: An ophthalmic optical power measurement device can include a light source configured to direct an input beam of light into the eye of a patient. The ophthalmic optical power measurement device can also include an aperture configured to receive an output beam that consists of light from the input beam that scatters from a location on the retina of the eye and exits through the pupil of the eye. The ophthalmic optical power measurement device can also include a detector configured to receive the output beam after it has passed through the aperture. A processor can be configured to determine the size of a spot created by the output beam on the detector, and to determine the optical power of the eye based upon the size of the spot.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Michaels, Aric K. Plumley
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Publication number: 20140132922Abstract: An ophthalmic system for use in performing angular measurements in relation to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical angular measurement device that can provide angular indicia by, for example, projecting an image of an angular measurement reticle onto a patient's eye or by superimposing an image of an angular measurement reticle onto an image of the patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical refractive power measurement device for providing desired angular orientations for ocular implants or for incisions. The ophthalmic system can be used, for example, to align a toric intraocular lens to a desired angular orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas D. Padrick, Jack T. Holladay, Dan Bao Tran, Aric K. Plumley, Richard J. Michaels, Jeff Padgett
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Publication number: 20140132931Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring spatial distances within a patient's eye is disclosed. The apparatus can be used to measure, for example, the capsular bag depth in an aphakic eye. The spatial measurement system can direct laser light into a patient's eye so that a portion of the light is scattered by the capsular bag. The scattered light can be directed to a detector where spots can be formed corresponding to the locations on the capsular bag from which the light was scattered. The distance from the cornea to the capsular bag can be determined based, for example, at least in part on the distance between the spots formed on the detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a surgical microscope and/or a wavefront aberrometer. In some embodiments, an alignment system can be used to precisely position the apparatus relative to the patient's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jack T. Holladay, Thomas D. Padrick, Richard J. Michaels
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Publication number: 20130307939Abstract: A relay optic adapter system for imaging stereoscopic images with a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such a relay optic adapter are provided herein. The relay optic adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a still or video camera, to provide a stereoscopic image to imaging plane of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: REACH3D MEDICAL LLCInventors: Kevin Brent May, Richard J. Michaels
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Patent number: 8550624Abstract: An ophthalmic system for use in performing angular measurements in relation to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical angular measurement device that can provide angular indicia by, for example, projecting an image of an angular measurement reticle onto a patient's eye or by superimposing an image of an angular measurement reticle onto an image of the patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical refractive power measurement device for providing desired angular orientations for ocular implants or for incisions. The ophthalmic system can be used, for example, to align a toric intraocular lens to a desired angular orientation.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Wavetec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas D. Padrick, Jack T. Holladay, Dan Bao Tran, Aric K. Plumley, Richard J. Michaels, Jeff Padgett
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Publication number: 20130258462Abstract: An adapter system for displaying and recording stereoscopic images from a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such an adapter are provided herein. The adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a microscope or an endoscope, to provide a stereoscopic image to a video or still camera mounted along the same optical path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: Reach3D Medical LLCInventors: Kevin Brent May, Richard J. Michaels
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Patent number: 8545023Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring spatial distances within a patient's eye is disclosed. The apparatus can be used to measure, for example, the capsular bag depth in an aphakic eye. The spatial measurement system can direct laser light into a patient's eye so that a portion of the light is scattered by the capsular bag. The scattered light can be directed to a detector where spots can be formed corresponding to the locations on the capsular bag from which the light was scattered. The distance from the cornea to the capsular bag can be determined based, for example, at least in part on the distance between the spots formed on the detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a surgical microscope and/or a wavefront aberrometer. In some embodiments, an alignment system can be used to precisely position the apparatus relative to the patient's eye.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jack T. Holladay, Thomas D. Padrick, Richard J. Michaels
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Publication number: 20130070203Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for precisely positioning an optical instrument, such as a wavefront aberrometer, in three dimensions with respect to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic apparatus may include an optical instrument directed in a first direction toward a target area to receive light therefrom and a camera directed in a second direction toward the target area to receive light therefrom, the first and second directions being non-parallel. The camera may include imaging optics to form an optical image on a photodetector array using light reflected from the target area. The ophthalmic apparatus may also include a processor configured to correlate a position of the optical image on the photodetector array with the distance between the optical instrument and the target area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: WAVETEC VISION SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Richard J. Michaels, Max Hall, Diego Cueto, T. Scott Rowe, Thomas Padrick