Abstract: A method for refilling a lens of an eye or increasing the elasticity of a lens of an eye includes removing a central portion of the lens core through the eye's cornea, a capsulorhexis in the eye's lens capsule and a gullet extending at least partially through the cortex of the lens. The lens is then refilled with a synthetic lens material. Sufficient lens core is left in place so that the synthetic material is not in contact with a lens capsule of the eye. The synthetic material used for refilling may be selected and may be formed in a shape and thickness so as to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens. An endocapsular lenticule may be inserted in the lens to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 20, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2019
Assignee:
Adventus Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Arthur Ho, Jean-Marie Parel, Jukka Moilanen, Paul Mendell Erickson
Abstract: An ophthalmic refractor is described that provides a non-linear relationship between spherical power and refractive error by positioning a reference plane for a sensor system of the refractor in front of the cornea. The refractor may have a working distance and dynamic range that enable it to be mounted on a surgical microscope. Also described are computational methods for analysing the output from the ophthalmic refractor, utilising error minimisation, linear regression and Fourier Transform analysis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2012
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2019
Assignee:
Adventus Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Fabrice Manns, Manuel Bacci, David Borja, Stephanie Delgado, Jean-Marie Parel, Arthur Ho, Richard Allen Shelby, Lutz Andersohn, Andres Bernal
Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for an intraocular imaging system are disclosed comprising an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The OCT system has an imaging range that may enable substantial portions of an eye or even a whole eye to be imaged. The OCT system may be coupled to an operation microscope, such that, for example, a surgeon can visualize ocular structures like the human crystalline lens and other ocular structures such as the cornea and/or vitreous while surgical instruments are in the field of view.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 14, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
Adventus Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephen Roger Uhlhorn, Marco Ruggeri, Fabrice Manns, Jean-Marie Arthur Parel
Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for an intraocular imaging system are disclosed comprising an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The OCT system has an imaging range that may enable substantial portions of an eye or even a whole eye to be imaged. The OCT system may be coupled to an operation microscope, such that, for example, a surgeon can visualize ocular structures like the human crystalline lens and other ocular structures such as the cornea and/or vitreous while surgical instruments are in the field of view.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2011
Date of Patent:
June 9, 2015
Assignee:
Adventus Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephen Roger Uhlhorn, Marco Ruggeri, Fabrice Manns, Jean-Marie Arthur Parel
Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for intraocular imaging system are disclosed comprising an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The OCT system has an imaging range that may enable substantial portions of an eye to be imaged. The OCT system may be coupled to an operation microscope, such that, for example, a surgeon can visualize ocular structures like the human crystalline lens and other ocular structures such as the cornea and/or vitreous while surgical instruments are in the field of view.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 29, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2013
Assignee:
Adventus Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephen Uhlhorn, Marco Ruggeri, Fabrice Manns, Jean-Marie Arthur Parel