Patents Assigned to Corneal Contouring, Inc.
  • Apparatus for surgically re-profiling the cornea
    Patent number: 5395385
    Abstract: Refractive error of the cornea is corrected by a scraping procedure of rotating or oscillating, about a center axis of the cornea, a sharpened knife edge blade that is tangential to and against that portion of the cornea to be corrected, and microaxially advanced until the refractive error has been corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Corneal Contouring, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren G. Kilmer, Alvin E. Reynolds
  • Method and apparatus for surgically profiling the cornea using vacuum
    Patent number: 5368604
    Abstract: Refractive error of the cornea is corrected by a scraping procedure performed within a vacuum chamber formed above the cornea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Corneal Contouring Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren G. Kilmer, Alvin E. Reynolds
  • Method and apparatus for re-profiling the cornea to correct for hyperopia
    Patent number: 5318044
    Abstract: Hyperopia (far-sighted) refractive error of the cornea is corrected by a scraping procedure of rotating or oscillating a tool having a central pressure pad with a plurality of curved sharpened knife-edge blades that initially are tangential to and against an outer zone or band of the cornea and micro-axially advanced until the refractive error has been corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Corneal Contouring, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren G. Kilmer, Alvin E. Reynolds
  • Method for surgically re-profiling the cornea
    Patent number: 5063942
    Abstract: Refractive error of the cornea is corrected by a scraping procedure of rotating or oscillating a sharpened knife edge blade that is tangential to and against a top of the cornea at its center axis, and micro-axially advanced until the refractive error has been corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: Corneal Contouring, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren G. Kilmer, Alvin E. Reynolds