Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Stout, Uxa, Bryan & Mullins
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Patent number: 7544380Abstract: The invention relates to process and apparatus for creating shaped objects from incipiently gelling alginate or low-methoxy pectate sol in which the incipiently gelling sol is guided into cavities of a movable belt. V-shaped wiper blades can be used as guides. The sol is preferably fed onto the belt at a rate not greater than the volumetric feed rate of the cavities. The process and apparatus can be used to prepare such products as imitation fruit e.g. by incorporating pureed fruit in the incipiently gelling sol.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2002Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: FMC CorporationInventors: Thomas Reid Kelly, Bryan Edwin Barwick, Vijay Arjun Sawant
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Patent number: 6488376Abstract: Methods for producing contact lenses for are provided including transferring an iris-simulating pattern to a contact lens substrate. The iris-simulating pattern is obtained from a digitized image of an iris of an eye. Contact lenses including such iris-simulating patterns are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2000Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Ocular Sciences, Inc.Inventor: Daniel G. Streibig
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Patent number: 6254607Abstract: Apparatus for inserting intraocular lenses (IOLs) into eyes comprises a tube, a rod having a distal end portion, and a tip carried by the distal end portion. The tip is softer than the distal end portion of the rod. Methods for inserting an IOL into an eye using such apparatus are within the scope of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: AllerganInventors: Harish C. Makker, Shih-Liang S. Yang, Daniel G. Brady
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Patent number: 6248111Abstract: Apparatus for inserting intraocular lenses (IOLs) into eyes include a hollow tube including a material and having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an IOL is passed and an outlet through which the IOL is passed from the hollow space into an eye. The interior wall is configured, for example, roughened, so that a portion of the interior wall remains out of contact with the deformable optic of the IOL as the IOL passes through the hollow space. Advantageously reduced amounts of force are required to pass the IOL through the hollow space.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1999Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: Allergan Sales, Inc.Inventors: Robert E. Glick, Harish Makker, Robert D. Ott
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Patent number: 6165954Abstract: Enzyme compositions and methods employing enzyme compositions are disclosed which are useful for cleaning contact lenses. In one embodiment, a composition in accordance with the present invention comprises an enzyme component effective when released in a liquid medium to remove debris from a contact lens located in the liquid medium; and an activity regulating component effective when released in the liquid medium to deactivate the enzyme component located in the liquid medium. This composition is preferably structured so that the enzyme component is released in the liquid medium before the activity regulating component is so released. The period of time between the release of the enzyme component and the activity regulating component is sufficient to allow the enzyme component to effectively remove debris from a contact lens which is introduced into the liquid medium before or at the same time the enzyme component is released in the liquid medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1998Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventor: Stanlev W. Huth
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Patent number: 6117086Abstract: A physiological pressure transducer is disclosed which can be adapted for multiple uses and which employs a low cost semiconductor strain gauge sensor. The transducer is connected to a fluid-filled catheter/manometer system for measuring pressures inside a living body in areas of medical interest such as the heart, brain, uterus, or the vascular system. The catheter is coupled to the pressure transducer through a unique, disposable dome containing a shaped, compliant isolation media which is in intimate contact with the transducer diaphragm. The complete assembly is adapted for use with standard catheter flushing solutions and flush devices. An improved method of drawing blood samples by using the features of the assembly is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1997Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Sunscope International, Inc.Inventor: John E. Shulze
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Patent number: 5951800Abstract: Currently, fiber/metal laminate sheets are limited in width due to restrictions in the width of thin metal sheets available. This invention solves that problem by providing an integral splice concept and a method for manufacturing a laminate employing the inventive concept. Specifically, a fiber/metal laminate sheet is provided having at least two metal plies and at least one fiber layer. Each of the metal plies comprises at least two metal sheets which are arranged side-by-side and have sheet metal breaks therebetween. All of the sheet metal breaks lie within the integral splice. An important feature of the invention is that the sheet metal breaks in each metal ply are staggered widthwise across the laminate with respect to the sheet metal breaks in the remaining metal plies, in accordance with a predetermined metal break staggering pattern, thereby maximizing the bond engagement of the discontinuous metal plies with the adjacent fiber layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corp.Inventor: Richard G. Pettit