Patents Examined by Mindy Thuy Huynh
  • Patent number: 11844681
    Abstract: The stent graft (10) is to be placed in a tubular tissue and is equipped with: a skeleton portion (11); a tubular graft portion (12) having, in part of a tube wall, a side opening (opening 121a of branch portion 121) that communicates with the lumen, the graft portion being provided along the skeleton portion; and a position adjustment portion (13) capable of adjusting the relative position of the side opening in the graft portion when the stent graft is placed in the tubular tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SB-KAWASUMI LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Noriaki Shirahama, Takashi Yoshimori
  • Patent number: 11771552
    Abstract: Implantable corneal and intraocular implants such as a mask are provided. The mask can improve the vision of a patient, such as by being configured to increase the depth of focus of an eye of a patient. The mask can include an aperture configured to transmit along an optical axis substantially all visible incident light. The mask can further include a transition portion that surrounds at least a portion of the aperture. This portion can be configured to switch from one level of opacity to another level of opacity through the use of a controllably variable absorbance feature such as a switchable photochromic chromophore within a polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Silvestrini