Patents by Inventor Stephen Donald Newman

Stephen Donald Newman 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).

  • Systems and methods for the inspection of contact lenses
    Patent number: 10215662
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting lenses includes an inspection system including an open cuvette, a communicatively coupled CT measurement device, and a user interface communicatively coupled to the inspection system. According to one embodiment, the lens inspection system provides a single instrument for inspecting the quality of a lens, thereby minimizing the transference of the lens from one inspection component to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Newman, Hiroyama Oyama, Johannes Pfund, Juergen Lamprecht
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE INSPECTION OF CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20180045604
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting lenses includes an inspection system including an open cuvette, a communicatively coupled CT measurement device, and a user interface communicatively coupled to the inspection system. According to one embodiment, the lens inspection system provides a single instrument for inspecting the quality of a lens, thereby minimizing the transference of the lens from one inspection component to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Newman, Hiroyama Oyama, Johannes Pfund, Juergen Lamprecht
  • Systems and methods for the inspection of contact lenses
    Patent number: 9797803
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting lenses includes an inspection system including an open cuvette, a communicatively coupled CT measurement device, and a user interface communicatively coupled to the inspection system. According to one embodiment, the lens inspection system provides a single instrument for inspecting the quality of a lens, thereby minimizing the transference of the lens from one inspection component to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Newman, Hiroyama Oyama, Johannes Pfund, Juergen Lamprecht
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE INSPECTION OF CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20150138540
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting lenses includes an inspection system including an open cuvette, a communicatively coupled CT measurement device, and a user interface communicatively coupled to the inspection system. According to one embodiment, the lens inspection system provides a single instrument for inspecting the quality of a lens, thereby minimizing the transference of the lens from one inspection component to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Newman, Hiroyama Oyama, Johannes Pfund, Juergen Lamprecht
  • Soft contact lens capable of engagement with an eye either right way out or inside out
    Patent number: 7021760
    Abstract: A soft contact lens for fitting to an eye of a wearer in either a right way out orientation or in an inside out orientation; the lens including first and second generally arcuate surfaces each terminating at an edge of the lens; wherein, each said first and second surfaces are capable of forming either an anterior convex or posterior concave surface; wherein in said right way out orientation there is provided an anterior convex surface and a posterior concave surface and in said inside out orientation said right way out anterior convex surface is converted to a posterior concave surface and said right way out posterior concave surface is converted to a convex anterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Clearlab PTE Ltd.
    Inventor: Stephen Donald Newman
  • Soft contact lens capable of engagement with an eye either right way out or inside out
    Publication number: 20040061828
    Abstract: A soft contact lens for fitting to an eye of a wearer in either a right way out orientation or in an inside out orientation; the lens including first and second generally arcuate surfaces each terminating at an edge of the lens; wherein, each said first and second surfaces are capable of forming either an anterior convex or posterior concave surface; wherein in said right way out orientation there is provided an anterior convex surface and a posterior concave surface and in said inside out orientation said right way out anterior convex surface is converted to a posterior concave surface and said right way out posterior concave surface is converted to a convex anterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen Donald Newman