Patents by Inventor Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee 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: 8734463Abstract: A method for implanting an intraocular lens into the eye of a subject includes placing the intraocular lens into the eye of a subject and administering a drug in an amount sufficient to maintain an accommodative state of the eye. The method further includes permitting at least a portion of the intraocular lens to become coupled to at least a portion of the eye while maintaining the eye in the accommodative state. In certain embodiments, the method may include forming an intraocular lens while maintaining an accommodative state of the eye. In such embodiments, the method may exclude permitting at least a portion of the intraocular lens to become coupled to at least a portion of the capsular bag.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
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Publication number: 20130317608Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
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Patent number: 8496701Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
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Publication number: 20120232650Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BVInventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
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Patent number: 8182531Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
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Publication number: 20110112638Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BVInventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
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Patent number: 7871437Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
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Publication number: 20090018652Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BVInventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
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Patent number: 7156101Abstract: A method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant includes replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
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Publication number: 20040034415Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
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Patent number: 6598606Abstract: The vision of an eye having an impaired lens is stored with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Pharmacia Groningen BVInventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
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Publication number: 20020035399Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
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Patent number: 6013029Abstract: The concentration of a substance or group of substances in a body fluid is monitored by means of an interface held in contact with a living human or animal body and a detector is positioned downstream from the interface. A profusion fluid is passed from the interface to and along the detector at a flow rate of less than 60 .mu.l/hour. A constant flow is maintained at the low flow rate with very little or no supply of energy, allowing for a compact construction and reduced measurement delay.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1996Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Inventors: Jakob Korf, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
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Patent number: 4051658Abstract: A method of manufacturing twistless yarn, in which a sliver or a roving consisting of a fibrous material containing at least two components, at least one being a potential adhesive, is wet-drafted, false twisted and then, after supplying additional moisture, bonded. After the application of additional moisture the fibrous sliver is passed through a narrow space and heated, such that only a small amount of moisture in the fibrous sliver evaporates and a rapid saturation of moisture in the space is obtained. The potentially adhesive component is thereby sufficiently activated by the residual moisture in the fibrous sliver.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1976Date of Patent: October 4, 1977Assignee: Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V.Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Jan Nijhuis