Patents by Inventor Arthur Ho

Arthur Ho 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).

  • Patent number: 9759930
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to lenses, devices, methods and/or systems for addressing refractive error. Certain embodiments are directed to changing or controlling the wavefront of the light entering a human eye. The lenses, devices, methods and/or systems can be used for correcting, addressing, mitigating or treating refractive errors and provide excellent vision at distances encompassing far to near without significant ghosting. The refractive error may for example arise from myopia, hyperopia, or presbyopia with or without astigmatism. Certain disclosed embodiments of lenses, devices and/or methods include embodiments that address foveal and/or peripheral vision. Exemplary of lenses in the fields of certain embodiments include contact lenses, corneal onlays, corneal inlays, and lenses for intraocular devices both anterior and posterior chamber, accommodating intraocular lenses, electro-active spectacle lenses and/or refractive surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Arthur Ho, Brien Anthony Holden
  • Publication number: 20170212363
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to lenses, devices, methods and/or systems for addressing refractive error. Certain embodiments are directed to changing or controlling the wavefront of the light entering a human eye. The lenses, devices, methods and/or systems can be used for correcting, addressing, mitigating or treating refractive errors and provide excellent vision at distances encompassing far to near without significant ghosting. The refractive error may for example arise from myopia, hyperopia, or presbyopia with or without astigmatism. Certain disclosed embodiments of lenses, devices and/or methods include embodiments that address foveal and/or peripheral vision. Exemplary of lenses in the fields of certain embodiments include contact lenses, corneal onlays, corneal inlays, and lenses for intraocular devices both anterior and posterior chamber, accommodating intraocular lenses, electro-active spectacle lenses and/or refractive surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Arthur Ho, Brien Anthony Holden
  • Publication number: 20170184876
    Abstract: Contact lenses are described with a corneal remodelling effect. This corneal remodelling effect is one or both of broad-area corneal remodelling and localised remodelling. The contact lenses may also have a refractive power. The refractive power may vary across the lens and for myopia may have increased power centrally. The increased power may be provided over a lens area that has increased thickness due to localised remodelling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Brien Anthony Holden, Percy Fabian Lazon, Xiang Chen, Fabian Conrad, Earl Leo Smith
  • Publication number: 20170176772
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to lenses, devices, methods and/or systems for addressing refractive error. Certain embodiments are directed to changing or controlling the wavefront of the light entering a human eye. The lenses, devices, methods and/or systems can be used for correcting, addressing, mitigating or treating refractive errors and provide excellent vision at distances encompassing far to near without significant ghosting. The refractive error may for example arise from myopia, hyperopia, or presbyopia with or without astigmatism. Certain disclosed embodiments of lenses, devices and/or methods include embodiments that address foveal and/or peripheral vision. Exemplary of lenses in the fields of certain embodiments include contact lenses, corneal onlays, corneal inlays, and lenses for intraocular devices both anterior and posterior chamber, accommodating intraocular lenses, electro-active spectacle lenses and/or refractive surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Arthur Ho, Brien Anthony Holden
  • Publication number: 20170146824
    Abstract: Sets, kits or stocks of anti-myopia contact or spectacle lenses, along with methods for their use, that do not require a clinician to measure peripheral refractive error in the eyes of myopic patients. Extensive surveys have shown that lenses having peripheral powers or defocus set in accordance with central corrective power will cover almost all normal myopes not worse than ?6D central refractive error. In one example, a kit or set of lenses (50, FIG. 15) can have multiple parts or sub-sets (52, 54) each comprising a compartmented container (56a, 56b) with lenses (58a, 58b) arranged according to increments of central corrective power (59a, 59b). The lenses (58a) of the first part (52) have four steps (60a, 61a, 62a, 64a) of peripheral power or defocus to provide therapeutic effect and, while the lenses (58b) of the second part (54) also have four steps (60b, 61b, 62b, 64b), the level of therapeutic effect is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Aldo Abraham Martinez, Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Percy Fabian Lazon, Brien Anthony Holden, Rick Payor, Gregor F. Schmid
  • Publication number: 20170115508
    Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to lenses, devices and/or methods. For example, a lens for an eye having an optical axis and an aberration profile along its optical axis, the aberration profile having a focal distance and including higher order aberrations having at least one of a primary spherical aberration component C(4,0) and a secondary spherical aberration component C(6,0). The aberration profile may provide, for a model eye with no aberrations and an on-axis length equal to the focal distance: (i) a peak, first retinal image quality (RIQ) within a through focus range that remains at or above a second RIQ over the through focus range that includes said focal distance, where the first RIQ is at least 0.35, the second RIQ is at least 0.1 and the through focus range is at least 1.8 Diopters; (ii) a RIQ of 0.3 with a through focus slope that improves in a direction of eye growth; and (iii) a RIQ of 0.3 with a through focus slope that degrades in a direction of eye growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Arthur Ho
  • Patent number: 9612455
    Abstract: A method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens is provided. In one embodiment, a prepolymer mixture is polymerized in a lens mold in an atmosphere having less than about 10000 ppm oxygen to form a silicone hydrogel contact lens suitable for extended wear as characterized by producing less than 10% corneal swelling after a period of continuous wear of 7 days including normal sleep periods. In one embodiment, the prepolymer mixture comprises at least one oxyperm material containing hydrophilic groups, wherein the at least one oxyperm material is a siloxane-containing macromer or monomer, at least one ionperm material, and a cross-linking agent. In certain embodiments, the polymerization of the prepolymer mixture may be carried out in an atmosphere having less than about 1000 ppm oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Paul Clement Nicolson, Richard Carlton Baron, Peter Chabrecek, John Court, Angelika Domschke, Hans Jorge Griesser, Arthur Ho, Jens Hopken, Bronwyn Glenice Laycock, Qin Liu, Dieter Lohmann, Gordon Francis Meijs, Eric Papaspiliotopoulos, Judy Smith Riffle, Klaus Schindhelm, Deborah Sweeney, Wilson Leonard Terry, Jr., Jurgen Vogt, Lynn Cook Winterton
  • Patent number: 9594257
    Abstract: Sets, kits or stocks of anti-myopia contact or spectacle lenses, along with methods for their use, that do not require a clinician to measure peripheral refractive error in the eyes of myopic patients. Extensive surveys have shown that lenses having peripheral powers or defocus set in accordance with central corrective power will cover almost all normal myopes not worse than ?6D central refractive error. In one example, a kit or set of lenses (50, FIG. 15) can have multiple parts or sub-sets (52, 54) each comprising a compartmented container (56a, 56b) with lenses (58a, 58b) arranged according to increments of central corrective power (59a, 59b). The lenses (58a) of the first part (52) have four steps (60a, 61a, 62a, 64a) of peripheral power or defocus to provide therapeutic effect and, while the lenses (58b) of the second part (54) also have four steps (60b, 61b, 62b, 64b), the level of therapeutic effect is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Aldo Abraham Martinez, Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Percy Fabian Lazon, Brien Anthony Holden, Rick Payor, Gregor F. Schmid
  • Patent number: 9575334
    Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to lenses, devices and/or methods. For example, a lens for an eye having an optical axis and an aberration profile along its optical axis, the aberration profile having a focal distance and including higher order aberrations having at least one of a primary spherical aberration component C(4,0) and a secondary spherical aberration component C(6,0). The aberration profile may provide, for a model eye with no aberrations and an on-axis length equal to the focal distance: (i) a peak, first retinal image quality (RIQ) within a through focus range that remains at or above a second RIQ over the through focus range that includes said focal distance, where the first RIQ is at least 0.35, the second RIQ is at least 0.1 and the through focus range is at least 1.8 Diopters; (ii) a RIQ of 0.3 with a through focus slope that improves in a direction of eye growth; and (iii) a RIQ of 0.3 with a through focus slope that degrades in a direction of eye growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Arthur Ho
  • Publication number: 20170038603
    Abstract: A contact lens and a method for treating an eye with myopia is described. The contact lens includes an inner optic zone and an outer optic zone. The outer optic zone includes at least a portion with a first power, selected to correct distance vision. The inner optic zone has a relatively more positive power (an add power). In some embodiments the add power is substantially constant across the inner optic zone. In other embodiments the add power is variable across the inner optic zone. While in some embodiments the inner optic zone has a power designed to substantially eliminate lag of accommodation in the eye with myopia, in other embodiments, the add power may be higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Brien Anthony Holden, Gregor Schmid, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Arthur Ho, Aldo Abraham Martinez Mangos, Percy Fabian Lazon, Earl Leo Smith III
  • Patent number: 9558235
    Abstract: A conferencing system receives a live stream of conference data generated during a video conference. Data associated with the live stream of conference data may be stored in a storage medium in response to a conferee request. Storage of the data associated with the live stream of conference data may automatically begin at the beginning of the meeting. The system may retrieve the data associated with the live stream of conference data from the storage medium in response to a retrieval request. Retrieval of the data may occur subsequent to that portion of the video conference associated with the live stream. A local copy of the data associated with the live stream of conference data may be provided to a requesting user's computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: PIXION, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
  • Patent number: 9551884
    Abstract: Contact lenses are described with a corneal remodelling effect. This corneal remodelling effect is one or both of broad-area corneal remodelling and localised remodelling. The contact lenses may also have a refractive power. The refractive power may vary across the lens and for myopia may have increased power centrally. The increased power may be provided over a lens area that has increased thickness due to localised remodelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Brien Anthony Holden, Percy Fabian Lazon, Xiang Chen, Fabian Conrad, Earl Leo Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20170010478
    Abstract: A contact lens for use in controlling or retarding the progression of myopia in an eye has a central optical zone approximating the normal diameter of the pupil of the eye that gives clear central vision at distance for the wearer. An annular peripheral optical zone that is substantially outside the diameter of the pupil is formed around the central optical zone with greater refractive power than that of the central zone so that oblique rays entering the eye through the peripheral optical zone will be brought to focus at a focal plane that is substantially on or anterior to the peripheral region of the retina. Preferably, the rear surface of the lens is shaped to conform to the cornea of the eye and the front surface of the lens is shaped to provide—in conjunction with the rear surface—the desired optical properties of the central and peripheral optical zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Brien Anthony Holden, Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Thomas Arthur Aller, Earl Leo Smith
  • Patent number: 9541773
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to lenses, devices, methods and/or systems for addressing refractive error. Certain embodiments are directed to changing or controlling the wavefront of the light entering a human eye. The lenses, devices, methods and/or systems can be used for correcting, addressing, mitigating or treating refractive errors and provide excellent vision at distances encompassing far to near without significant ghosting. The refractive error may for example arise from myopia, hyperopia, or presbyopia with or without astigmatism. Certain disclosed embodiments of lenses, devices and/or methods include embodiments that address foveal and/or peripheral vision. Exemplary of lenses in the fields of certain embodiments include contact lenses, corneal onlays, corneal inlays, and lenses for intraocular devices both anterior and posterior chamber, accommodating intraocular lenses, electro-active spectacle lenses and/or refractive surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Arthur Ho, Brien Anthony Holden
  • Patent number: 9535263
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to lenses, devices, methods and/or systems for addressing refractive error. Certain embodiments are directed to changing or controlling the wavefront of the light entering a human eye. The lenses, devices, methods and/or systems can be used for correcting, addressing, mitigating or treating refractive errors and provide excellent vision at distances encompassing far to near without significant ghosting. The refractive error may for example arise from myopia, hyperopia, or presbyopia with or without astigmatism. Certain disclosed embodiments of lenses, devices and/or methods include embodiments that address foveal and/or peripheral vision. Exemplary of lenses in the fields of certain embodiments include contact lenses, corneal onlays, corneal inlays, and lenses for intraocular devices both anterior and posterior chamber, accommodating intraocular lenses, electro-active spectacle lenses and/or refractive surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Arthur Ho, Brien Anthony Holden
  • Patent number: 9500881
    Abstract: A contact lens and a method for treating an eye with myopia is described. The contact lens includes an inner optic zone and an outer optic zone. The outer optic zone includes at least a portion with a first power, selected to correct distance vision. The inner optic zone has a relatively more positive power (an add power). In some embodiments the add power is substantially constant across the inner optic zone. In other embodiments the add power is variable across the inner optic zone. While in some embodiments the inner optic zone has a power designed to substantially eliminate lag of accommodation in the eye with myopia, in other embodiments, the add power may be higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Brien Anthony Holden, Gregor Schmid, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Arthur Ho, Aldo Abraham Martinez Mangos, Percy Fabian Lazon, Earl Leo Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20160320634
    Abstract: A lens for an eye that includes a zone with a first power profile for images received by the retina on the fovea, a zone with a second power profile for images received by the peripheral retina on the nasal side and a zone with a third power profile for images received by the peripheral retina on the temporal side. The first power profile is selected to provide clear or acceptable vision and the second and third power profiles are selected to affect the peripheral image position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Earl Leo Smith, III, Brien Anthony Holden
  • Patent number: 9477097
    Abstract: A contact lens for use in controlling or retarding the progression of myopia in an eye has a central optical zone approximating the normal diameter of the pupil of the eye that gives clear central vision at distance for the wearer. An annular peripheral optical zone that is substantially outside the diameter of the pupil is formed around the central optical zone with greater refractive power than that of the central zone so that oblique rays entering the eye through the peripheral optical zone will be brought to focus at a focal plane that is substantially on or anterior to the peripheral region of the retina. Preferably, the rear surface of the lens is shaped to conform to the cornea of the eye and the front surface of the lens is shaped to provide—in conjunction with the rear surface—the desired optical properties of the central and peripheral optical zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Vision CRC Limited
    Inventors: Brien Anthony Holden, Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Thomas Arthur Aller, Earl Leo Smith, III
  • Patent number: 9423633
    Abstract: A lens for an eye that includes a zone with a first power profile for images received by the retina on the fovea, a zone with a second power profile for images received by the peripheral retina on the nasal side and a zone with a third power profile for images received by the peripheral retina on the temporal side. The first power profile is selected to provide clear or acceptable vision and the second and third power profiles are selected to affect the peripheral image position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Arthur Ho, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Earl Leo Smith, III, Brien Anthony Holden
  • Publication number: 20160161764
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to lenses, devices, methods and/or systems for addressing refractive error. Certain embodiments are directed to changing or controlling the wavefront of the light entering a human eye. The lenses, devices, methods and/or systems can be used for correcting, addressing, mitigating or treating refractive errors and provide excellent vision at distances encompassing far to near without significant ghosting. The refractive error may for example arise from myopia, hyperopia, or presbyopia with or without astigmatism. Certain disclosed embodiments of lenses, devices and/or methods include embodiments that address foveal and/or peripheral vision. Exemplary of lenses in the fields of certain embodiments include contact lenses, corneal onlays, corneal inlays, and lenses for intraocular devices both anterior and posterior chamber, accommodating intraocular lenses, electro-active spectacle lenses and/or refractive surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Arthur Ho, Brien Anthony Holden