Patents by Inventor Thomas Studer

Thomas Studer 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: 20240108509
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ophthalmological patient interface for application to an eye of a person, the ophthalmological patient interface comprising a coupling portion configured to be arranged on an application head of an ophthalmological laser treatment system, wherein the ophthalmological patient interface further comprises an eye fixation portion configured to be arranged on the eye, wherein the eye fixation portion comprises a cornea contacting element, configured to contact at least partially the cornea of the eye, and a sclera contacting element, configured to contact at least partially the sclera of the eye, wherein the cornea contacting element and the sclera contacting element define a rotationally asymmetric contact surface configured to contact the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Werner Bernau, Fabian Müller, Christian Rathjen, Michael Steinlechner, Thomas Studer
  • Publication number: 20240108510
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ophthalmological laser treatment system for treatment of tissue of an eye comprising an ophthalmological laser treatment device comprising a base station having a treatment laser source configured to generate a treatment laser beam, an arm and an application head, wherein the ophthalmological laser treatment system further comprises an ophthalmological patient interface with a cornea contacting element, and a sclera contacting element, wherein the cornea contacting element and the sclera contacting element define a rotationally asymmetric contact surface configured to contact the eye, wherein the ophthalmological patient interface comprises a through opening, which is configured to enable the treatment laser beam from the application head to pass through the ophthalmological patient interface to penetrate a target volume of tissue of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Werner Bernau, Fabian Müller, Christian Rathjen, Michael Steinlechner, Thomas Studer
  • Patent number: 10799107
    Abstract: Disclosed is a patient interface for affixment on onto a patient eye, said patient interface including a negative pressure cavity with a top wall and a circumferential outer wall, an optical passage, wherein the top wall circumferentially surrounds the optical passage and wherein the circumferential outer wall projects from the top wall and circumferentially surrounds the optical passage; a number of rib members, the rib members projecting separately from each other from the top wall into the negative pressure cavity between the circumferential outer wall and the optical passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
    Inventor: Thomas Studer
  • Patent number: 10413447
    Abstract: Disclosed is a patient interface for affixment on onto a patient eye, said patient interface including: a negative-pressure cavity designed for fluidic coupling to the patient eye; a first negative pressure interface with a first negative pressure aperture for fluidically coupling the negative-pressure cavity to a negative-pressure device to charge the negative pressure cavity with a negative pressure; a second negative pressure interface with a second negative pressure aperture for fluidically coupling the negative-pressure cavity to the negative-pressure device to charge the negative cavity with a negative pressure; wherein the first negative pressure aperture and the second negative pressure aperture are arranged in a wall of the negative pressure cavity separate from and in close vicinity to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
    Inventor: Thomas Studer
  • Patent number: 10238287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a negative-pressure device (1) for affixing a patient interface (2) with a negative-pressure cavity (20) onto a patient eye. The negative-pressure device (1) comprises a negative-pressure generator (10) and a pressure sensor (11) with a device-side pressure sensor interface (14) for coupling the pressure sensor (11) to the negative-pressure cavity in a manner fluidically separate from the negative-pressure interface (13). The negative-pressure device furthermore relates to a control unit (12) operatively coupled to the negative-pressure generator (10) and the pressure sensor (11), wherein the control unit (12) is designed to detect a faulty fluidic coupling of the negative-pressure cavity (20) by evaluating a pressure established by the pressure sensor (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
    Inventors: Thomas Studer, Christian Rathjen
  • Publication number: 20180160895
    Abstract: Disclosed is a patient interface for affixment on onto a patient eye, said patient interface including a negative pressure cavity with a top wall and a circumferential outer wall, an optical passage, wherein the top wall circumferentially surrounds the optical passage and wherein the circumferential outer wall projects from the top wall and circumferentially surrounds the optical passage; a number of rib members, the rib members projecting separately from each other from the top wall into the negative pressure cavity between the circumferential outer wall and the optical passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas STUDER
  • Publication number: 20170367880
    Abstract: Disclosed is a patient interface for affixment on onto a patient eye, said patient interface including: a negative-pressure cavity designed for fluidic coupling to the patient eye; a first negative pressure interface with a first negative pressure aperture for fluidically coupling the negative-pressure cavity to a negative-pressure device to charge the negative pressure cavity with a negative pressure; a second negative pressure interface with a second negative pressure aperture for fluidically coupling the negative-pressure cavity to the negative-pressure device to charge the negative cavity with a negative pressure; wherein the first negative pressure aperture and the second negative pressure aperture are arranged in a wall of the negative pressure cavity separate from and in close vicinity to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Studer
  • Patent number: 9849037
    Abstract: A patient interface for coupling an ophthalmological application head to an eye of a patient includes a patient-sided interface structure to be coupled to the eye of a patient, and a source-sided interface structure for rigidly coupling the patient interface to the application head or an intermediate element. The source-sided interface structure comprises a first source-sided patient interface coupler and a second source-sided patient interface coupler. The first source-sided patient interface coupler is designed to restrict the mobility of the patient interface relative to the application head or the intermediate element by providing a coupling with a first patient interface coupler counterpiece of the application head or the intermediate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ziemer Opthalmic Systems AG
    Inventors: Christian Rathjen, Thomas Studer
  • Patent number: 9666745
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound film comprising a substrate and at least one additional layer is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of depositing at least two chemical elements on the substrate and/or on the at least one additional layer using depositions sources, maintaining depositing of the at least two chemical elements while the substrate and the deposition sources are being moved relative to each other, measuring the compound film properties, particularly being compound film thickness, compound-film overall composition, and compound-film composition in one or several positions of the compound film, comparing the predefined values for the compound film properties to the measured compound film properties, and adjusting the deposition of the at least two chemical elements in case the measured compound film properties do not match the predefined compound film properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FLISOM AG
    Inventors: Dominik Rudmann, Marc Kaelin, Thomas Studer, Felix Budde
  • Publication number: 20160331231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a negative-pressure device (1) for affixing a patient interface (2) with a negative-pressure cavity (20) onto a patient eye. The negative-pressure device (1) comprises a negative-pressure generator (10) and a pressure sensor (11) with a device-side pressure sensor interface (14) for coupling the pressure sensor (11) to the negative-pressure cavity in a manner fluidically separate from the negative-pressure interface (13). The negative-pressure device furthermore relates to a control unit (12) operatively coupled to the negative-pressure generator (10) and the pressure sensor (11), wherein the control unit (12) is designed to detect a faulty fluidic coupling of the negative-pressure cavity (20) by evaluating a pressure established by the pressure sensor (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Studer, Christian Rathjen
  • Publication number: 20150088103
    Abstract: A patient interface for coupling an ophthalmological application head to an eye of a patient includes a patient-sided interface structure to be coupled to the eye of a patient, and a source-sided interface structure for rigidly coupling the patient interface to the application head or an intermediate element. The source-sided interface structure comprises a first source-sided patient interface coupler and a second source-sided patient interface coupler The first source-sided patient interface coupler is designed to restrict the mobility of the patient interface relative to the application head or the intermediate element by providing a coupling with a first patient interface coupler counterpiece of the application head or the intermediate element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
    Inventors: Christian Rathjen, Thomas Studer
  • Patent number: 8927051
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound film comprising a substrate and at least one additional layer is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of depositing at least two chemical elements on the substrate and/or on the at least one additional layer using depositions sources, maintaining depositing of the at least two chemical elements while the substrate and the deposition sources are being moved relative to each other, measuring the compound film properties, particularly being compound film thickness, compound-film overall composition, and compound-film composition in one or several positions of the compound film, comparing the predefined values for the compound film properties to the measured compound film properties, and adjusting the deposition of the at least two chemical elements in case the measured compound film properties do not match the predefined compound film properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: FLISOM AG
    Inventors: Dominik Rudmann, Marc Kaelin, Thomas Studer, Felix Budde
  • Patent number: 8895100
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound film comprising a substrate and at least one additional layer is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of depositing at least two chemical elements on the substrate and/or on the at least one additional layer using depositions sources, maintaining depositing of the at least two chemical elements while the substrate and the deposition sources are being moved relative to each other, measuring the compound film properties, particularly being compound film thickness, compound-film overall composition, and compound-film composition in one or several positions of the compound film, comparing the predefined values for the compound film properties to the measured compound film properties, and adjusting the deposition of the at least two chemical elements in case the measured compound film properties do not match the predefined compound film properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: FLISOM AG
    Inventors: Dominik Rudmann, Marc Kaelin, Thomas Studer, Felix Budde
  • Publication number: 20130312664
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound film comprising a substrate and at least one additional layer is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of depositing at least two chemical elements on the substrate and/or on the at least one additional layer using depositions sources, maintaining depositing of the at least two chemical elements while the substrate and the deposition sources are being moved relative to each other, measuring the compound film properties, particularly being compound film thickness, compound-film overall composition, and compound-film composition in one or several positions of the compound film, comparing the predefined values for the compound film properties to the measured compound film properties, and adjusting the deposition of the at least two chemical elements in case the measured compound film properties do not match the predefined compound film properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: FLISOM AG
    Inventors: Dominik RUDMANN, Marc KAELIN, Thomas STUDER, Felix BUDDE
  • Patent number: 8420979
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for laser beam processing of an element (12) that has a total transmittance for light of at least 10?5, comprising a laser unit (1) for generating a laser beam on one side of the to-be-processed element (12), an illumination unit (7), an imaging system (10) comprising a sensor unit on the one side of the to-be-processed element (12), the sensor unit recording residual light that results from light of the illumination unit (7), a scanning unit (2) for adjusting the laser beam processing position, and a control unit. The control unit is operatively connected to the laser unit (1), the imaging system (10) and the scanning unit (2), and the illumination unit (7) is positioned on the other side of the to-be-processed element (12) in relation to the laser unit (1). Since the to-be-processed element (12) allows light to pass through an otherwise opaque or almost opaque layer, a good contrast is obtained that is used to determine the position of the laser beam with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Flisom AG
    Inventors: Felix Budde, Thomas Studer, Marc Kaelin, Dominik Rudmann
  • Patent number: 8196905
    Abstract: A milk frothing apparatus comprising a drive unit which drives a shaft. An elongate, flexible, bent frothing element that has an adjustable shape which preferably adjusts to the surface of the liquid to be frothed during operation is connected to the shaft. In a particular embodiment, the frothing element is designed as a flexible helical coil. In addition, another frothing element can be provided at the lower end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: PI-Design AG
    Inventors: Jorgen Bodum, Thomas Studer
  • Publication number: 20100295194
    Abstract: Disclosed is a milk frothing apparatus comprising a drive unit (10) which drives a shaft (30). An elongate, flexible, bent frothing element (40) that has an adjustable shape which preferably adjusts to the surface of the liquid to be frothed during operation is connected to the shaft. In a particular embodiment, the frothing element is designed as a flexible helical coil. In addition, another frothing element (32) can be provided at the lower end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: PI-DESIGN AG
    Inventors: Jorgen Bodum, Thomas Studer
  • Publication number: 20100247745
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound film comprising a substrate and at least one additional layer is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of depositing at least two chemical elements on the substrate and/or on the at least one additional layer using depositions sources, maintaining depositing of the at least two chemical elements while the substrate and the deposition sources are being moved relative to each other, measuring the compound film properties, particularly being compound film thickness, compound-film overall composition, and compound-film composition in one or several positions of the compound film, comparing the predefined values for the compound film properties to the measured compound film properties, and adjusting the deposition of the at least two chemical elements in case the measured compound film properties do not match the predefined compound film properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Dominik Rudmann, Marc Kaelin, Thomas Studer, Felix Budde
  • Patent number: D688371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Johnson, Thomas Studer, Datina Hill Diego
  • Patent number: D1026038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Leister Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Studer, Darko Mrnjec