Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Sherer

Andrew J. Sherer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FORMING INCISIONS IN OCULAR TISSUE
    Publication number: 20090157109
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a surgical blade configured to be moved to form an incision. The surgical tool also includes a wire configured to cause movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool further includes an actuator configured to shorten a length of the wire to cause the movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction and then in a second direction in response to a single shortening of the wire. Also, the wire could represent a first wire, the surgical tool could include a second wire, and the surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction in response to shortening the first wire and to move the surgical blade in a second direction in response to shortening the second wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Refocus Ocular, Inc.
    Inventors: Rex O. Bare, Andrew J. Sherer, Timothy J. Payne, Thomas J. Pacala, Mark A. Cox, Douglas C. Williamson