Patents Assigned to WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.
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Publication number: 20140132931Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring spatial distances within a patient's eye is disclosed. The apparatus can be used to measure, for example, the capsular bag depth in an aphakic eye. The spatial measurement system can direct laser light into a patient's eye so that a portion of the light is scattered by the capsular bag. The scattered light can be directed to a detector where spots can be formed corresponding to the locations on the capsular bag from which the light was scattered. The distance from the cornea to the capsular bag can be determined based, for example, at least in part on the distance between the spots formed on the detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a surgical microscope and/or a wavefront aberrometer. In some embodiments, an alignment system can be used to precisely position the apparatus relative to the patient's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jack T. Holladay, Thomas D. Padrick, Richard J. Michaels
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Patent number: 8632185Abstract: Apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, including surgical apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, an autorefraction device associated with the surgical apparatus, wherein the autorefraction device is configured to perform autorefraction on the aphakic eye to provide one or more aphakic refraction measurements, and a processor connected to the autorefraction device, wherein the processor is configured to process the aphakic refraction measurements and provide the user of the apparatus with information regarding the power of the intraocular lens.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventor: Tsontcho Ianchulev
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Patent number: 8619405Abstract: The present invention relates to a wavefront sensor using a pair of screens, each having a two-dimensional array of circular apertures, to achieve Moiré effects, and its use to measure the slope of a wavefront.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Wavetec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventor: Anthony Y. Van Heugten
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Publication number: 20130335705Abstract: A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: WAVETEC VISION SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.
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Patent number: 8550624Abstract: An ophthalmic system for use in performing angular measurements in relation to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical angular measurement device that can provide angular indicia by, for example, projecting an image of an angular measurement reticle onto a patient's eye or by superimposing an image of an angular measurement reticle onto an image of the patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical refractive power measurement device for providing desired angular orientations for ocular implants or for incisions. The ophthalmic system can be used, for example, to align a toric intraocular lens to a desired angular orientation.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Wavetec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas D. Padrick, Jack T. Holladay, Dan Bao Tran, Aric K. Plumley, Richard J. Michaels, Jeff Padgett
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Patent number: 8545023Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring spatial distances within a patient's eye is disclosed. The apparatus can be used to measure, for example, the capsular bag depth in an aphakic eye. The spatial measurement system can direct laser light into a patient's eye so that a portion of the light is scattered by the capsular bag. The scattered light can be directed to a detector where spots can be formed corresponding to the locations on the capsular bag from which the light was scattered. The distance from the cornea to the capsular bag can be determined based, for example, at least in part on the distance between the spots formed on the detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a surgical microscope and/or a wavefront aberrometer. In some embodiments, an alignment system can be used to precisely position the apparatus relative to the patient's eye.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jack T. Holladay, Thomas D. Padrick, Richard J. Michaels
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Patent number: 8475439Abstract: A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Y. Van Heugten, Daniel S. Durrie
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Publication number: 20130131687Abstract: Apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, including surgical apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, an autorefraction device associated with the surgical apparatus, wherein the autorefraction device is configured to perform autorefraction on the aphakic eye to provide one or more aphakic refraction measurements, and a processor connected to the autorefraction device, wherein the processor is configured to process the aphakic refraction measurements and provide the user of the apparatus with information regarding the power of the intraocular lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: WAVETEC VISION SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Tsontcho Ianchulev
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Publication number: 20130070203Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for precisely positioning an optical instrument, such as a wavefront aberrometer, in three dimensions with respect to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic apparatus may include an optical instrument directed in a first direction toward a target area to receive light therefrom and a camera directed in a second direction toward the target area to receive light therefrom, the first and second directions being non-parallel. The camera may include imaging optics to form an optical image on a photodetector array using light reflected from the target area. The ophthalmic apparatus may also include a processor configured to correlate a position of the optical image on the photodetector array with the distance between the optical instrument and the target area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: WAVETEC VISION SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Richard J. Michaels, Max Hall, Diego Cueto, T. Scott Rowe, Thomas Padrick
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Patent number: 8394083Abstract: A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Y. Van Heugten, Daniel S. Durrie
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Publication number: 20130021574Abstract: A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: WAVETEC VISION SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Anthony Y. Van Heugten, Daniel S. Durrie
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Patent number: 8333474Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for precisely positioning an optical instrument, such as a wavefront aberrometer, in three dimensions with respect to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic apparatus may include an optical instrument directed in a first direction toward a target area to receive light therefrom and a camera directed in a second direction toward the target area to receive light therefrom, the first and second directions being non-parallel. The camera may include imaging optics to form an optical image on a photodetector array using light reflected from the target area. The ophthalmic apparatus may also include a processor configured to correlate a position of the optical image on the photodetector array with the distance between the optical instrument and the target area.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Michaels, Max Hall, Diego Cueto, T. Scott Rowe, Thomas Padrick
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Patent number: 8313196Abstract: Apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, including surgical apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, an autorefraction device associated with the surgical apparatus, wherein the autorefraction device is configured to perform autorefraction on the aphakic eye to provide one or more aphakic refraction measurements, and a processor connected to the autorefraction device, wherein the processor is configured to process the aphakic refraction measurements and provide the user of the apparatus with information regarding the power of the intraocular lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Wavetec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventor: Tsontcho Ianchulev
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Publication number: 20110267579Abstract: A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Y. Van Heugten, Daniel S. Durrie
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Patent number: 7988291Abstract: Apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, including surgical apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, an autorefraction device associated with the surgical apparatus, wherein the autorefraction device is configured to perform autorefraction on the aphakic eye to provide one or more aphakic refraction measurements, and a processor connected to the autorefraction device, wherein the processor is configured to process the aphakic refraction measurements and provide the user of the apparatus with information regarding the power of the intraocular lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventor: Tsontcho Ianchulev
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Patent number: 7883505Abstract: A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Y. Van Heugten, Daniel S. Durrie
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Publication number: 20110013141Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring spatial distances within a patient's eye is disclosed. The apparatus can be used to measure, for example, the capsular bag depth in an aphakic eye. The spatial measurement system can direct laser light into a patient's eye so that a portion of the light is scattered by the capsular bag. The scattered light can be directed to a detector where spots can be formed corresponding to the locations on the capsular bag from which the light was scattered. The distance from the cornea to the capsular bag can be determined based, for example, at least in part on the distance between the spots formed on the detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a surgical microscope and/or a wavefront aberrometer. In some embodiments, an alignment system can be used to precisely position the apparatus relative to the patient's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jack T. Holladay, Thomas D. Padrick, Richard J. Michaels
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Publication number: 20110015541Abstract: An ophthalmic method for determining a relationship between aphakic ocular power and estimated effective lens position (ELP) of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted in a patient's eye. The method can be used to determine an estimate of the ELP of an IOL given the aphakic ocular power of the patient's eye, for example, without measurement of the corneal curvature or axial length of the patient's eye. The estimate of ELP can then be used to determine a suitable value of optical power for the IOL to be implanted in the patient's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas D. Padrick, Jack T. Holladay
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Publication number: 20100152847Abstract: An ophthalmic system for use in performing angular measurements in relation to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical angular measurement device that can provide angular indicia by, for example, projecting an image of an angular measurement reticle onto a patient's eye or by superimposing an image of an angular measurement reticle onto an image of the patient's eye. The ophthalmic system can include an optical refractive power measurement device for providing desired angular orientations for ocular implants or for incisions. The ophthalmic system can be used, for example, to align a toric intraocular lens to a desired angular orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: WAVETEC VISION SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Thomas D. Padrick, Jack T. Holladay, Dan Bao Tran, Aric K. Plumley, Richard J. Michaels, Jeff Padgett
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Publication number: 20090103050Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for precisely positioning an optical instrument, such as a wavefront aberrometer, in three dimensions with respect to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic apparatus may include an optical instrument directed in a first direction toward a target area to receive light therefrom and a camera directed in a second direction toward the target area to receive light therefrom, the first and second directions being non-parallel. The camera may include imaging optics to form an optical image on a photodetector array using light reflected from the target area. The ophthalmic apparatus may also include a processor configured to correlate a position of the optical image on the photodetector array with the distance between the optical instrument and the target area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Michaels, Max Hall, Diego Cueto, T. Scott Rowe, Thomas Padrick