Patents by Inventor Rupert Menapace

Rupert Menapace 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).

  • Patent number: 11278451
    Abstract: A computer program product for controlling a laser-assisted eye treatment, configured to encode a system controller with a routine for planning the eye treatment, invention further relates to a laser-assisted eye treatment system including a laser treatment unit and a system controller, to a method for generating control data for a laser-assisted eye treatment system, to a planning method for a laser-assisted eye treatment and to an eye treatment method using a laser beam for treating a patient's eye. The invention provides systems and methods for a fast laser-assisted eye treatment of a patient's eye which improve the security and minimize the risk of a non-optimal eye treatment and enable sale eye treatment planning and a shortening of the critical phase of the eye treatment. Encoding a system controller by a routine for planning the eye treatment is strictly based on an anatomy of a patient's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Delbert Peter Andrews, Michael Stefan Rill, Stefan Gräber, Julia Werth, Rupert Menapace
  • Publication number: 20200330278
    Abstract: A system for short pulse laser eye surgery and a short pulse laser system, in which a beam guidance device passes through a corresponding articulated arm, and through an applicator head and a microscope head of the system, which is movable in a three-dimensional volume both independently of one another as well as connected to each other. The system also includes an easy to use patient interface with a one-piece contact element, a computer program product for methods of the incision guidance and sequentially operating referencing methods with patient interfaces containing markings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Stefan Rill, Delbert Peter Andrews, Tobias Damm, Robert Pomraenke, Jens Ringling, Thomas Wollweber, Stephan Oestreich, Michael Bergt, Rupert Menapace, Ekkehard Fabian, Evangelos Papastathopoulos, Martin Kühner, Dietmar Steinmetz, Holger Heinz, Sascha Koch, Stephan Laqua, Thomas Nobis
  • Patent number: 10722399
    Abstract: A system for short pulse laser eye surgery and a short pulse laser system, in which a beam guidance device passes through a corresponding articulated arm, and through an applicator head and a microscope head of the system, which is movable in a three-dimensional volume both independently of one another as well as connected to each other. The system also includes, an easy-to-use patient interface with a one-piece contact element, a computer program product for methods of the incision guidance and sequentially operating referencing methods with patient interfaces containing markings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Michael Stefan Rill, Delbert Peter Andrews, Tobias Damm, Robert Pomraenke, Jens Ringling, Thomas Wollweber, Stephan Oestreich, Michael Bergt, Rupert Menapace, Ekkehard Fabian, Evangelos Papastathopoulos, Martin Kühner, Dietmar Steinmetz, Holger Heinz, Sascha Koch, Stephan Laqua, Thomas Nobis
  • Patent number: 10653557
    Abstract: An ophthalmological laser therapy device having a pulsed laser, a positioning system and a control system that produce incisions in a tissue of an eye, in particular for producing corneal access incisions and a corresponding method. The invention produces corneal access incisions having increased leak tightness under external influences. Compressive strength, and complex incision geometries can be realized. An ophthalmological laser therapy device has a control system which is programmed to vary the operating parameters of the laser system and/or of the positioning system on the basis of a local position of the focal volume of a laser beam in the corneal tissue such that the access incision in the corneal tissue is varied and/or interrupted in the width of the access incision. The invention further includes a corresponding computer program product and a method for performing a corneal access incision in a corneal tissue of an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Michael Stefan Rill, Delbert Peter Andrews, Tobias Damm, Rupert Menapace
  • Publication number: 20180177630
    Abstract: A computer program product for controlling a laser-assisted eye treatment, configured to encode a system controller with a routine for planning the eye treatment, invention further relates to a laser-assisted eye treatment system including a laser treatment unit and a system controller, to a method for generating control data for a laser-assisted eye treatment system, to a planning method for a laser-assisted eye treatment and to an eye treatment method using a laser beam for treating a patient's eye. The invention provides systems and methods for a fast laser-assisted eye treatment of a patient's eye which improve the security and minimize the risk of a non-optimal eye treatment and enable sale eye treatment planning and a shortening of the critical phase of the eye treatment. Encoding a system controller by a routine for planning the eye treatment is strictly based on an anatomy of a patient's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Delbert Peter ANDREWS, Michael Stefan RILL, Stefan GRÄBER, Julia WERTH, Rupert MENAPACE
  • Publication number: 20180110654
    Abstract: An ophthalmological laser therapy device having a pulsed laser, a positioning system and a control system that produce incisions in a tissue of an eye, in particular for producing corneal access incisions and a corresponding method. The invention produces corneal access incisions having increased leak tightness under external influences. Compressive strength, and complex incision geometries can be realized. An ophthalmological laser therapy device has a control system which is programmed to vary the operating parameters of the laser system and/or of the positioning system on the basis of a local position of the focal volume of a laser beam in the corneal tissue such that the access incision in the corneal tissue is varied and/or interrupted in the width of the access incision. The invention further includes a corresponding computer program product and a method for performing a corneal access incision in a corneal tissue of an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Michael Stefan Rill, Delbert Peter Andrews, Tobias Damm, Rupert Menapace
  • Publication number: 20170340483
    Abstract: A system for short pulse laser eye surgery and a short pulse laser system, in which a beam guidance device passes through a corresponding articulated arm, and through an applicator head and a microscope head of the system, which is movable in a three-dimensional volume both independently of one another as well as connected to each other. The system also includes, an easy-to-use patient interface with a one-piece contact element, a computer program product for methods of the incision guidance and sequentially operating referencing methods with patient interfaces containing markings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Michael Stefan Rill, Delbert Peter Andrews, Tobias Damm, Robert Pomraenke, Jens Ringling, Thomas Wollweber, Stephan Oestreich, Michael Bergt, Rupert Menapace, Ekkehard Fabian, Evangelos Papastathopoulos, Martin Kühner, Herrn Dietmar Steinmetz, Holger Heinz, Sascha Koch, Stephan Laqua, Thomas Nobis