Patents by Inventor Bradford Chew

Bradford Chew 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).

  • Publication number: 20170290502
    Abstract: In order to take advantage of the real time nature of intra-operative refraction or wavefront aberrometry, and visually make the history of the measurements apparent to a surgeon, a histogram of frequency vs IOL results calculated from an IOL formula is computed and IOL suggestions being accumulated are displayed in a histogram. One embodiment is a means to present to a surgeon a histogram of intra-operative refractions. Another embodiment is to automatically and intra-operatively detect the aphakic phase of a cataract surgery to display a histogram of a recommended IOL power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: BARRY LINDER, YAN ZHOU, BRADFORD CHEW
  • Patent number: 9782064
    Abstract: In order to take advantage of the real time nature of intra-operative refraction or wavefront aberrometry, and visually make the history of the measurements apparent to a surgeon, a histogram of frequency vs IOL results calculated from an IOL formula is computed and IOL suggestions being accumulated are displayed in a histogram. One embodiment is a means to present to a surgeon a histogram of intra-operative refractions. Another embodiment is to automatically and intra-operatively detect the aphakic phase of a cataract surgery to display a histogram of a recommended IOL power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Linder, Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew
  • Patent number: 9585553
    Abstract: A wavefront sensor includes a light source configured to illuminate a subject eye, a detector, a first beam deflecting element configured to intercept a wavefront beam returned from a subject eye when the subject eye is illuminated by the light source and configured to direct a portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through an aperture toward the detector and a controller, coupled to the light source and the beam deflecting element, configured to control the beam deflecting element to deflect and project different portions of an annular ring portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through the aperture and further configured to pulse the light source at a firing rate to sample selected portions of the annular ring at the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: CLARITY MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Publication number: 20160038024
    Abstract: A wavefront sensor includes a light source configured to illuminate a subject eye, a detector, a first beam deflecting element configured to intercept a wavefront beam returned from a subject eye when the subject eye is illuminated by the light source and configured to direct a portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through an aperture toward the detector and a controller, coupled to the light source and the beam deflecting element, configured to control the beam deflecting element to deflect and project different portions of an annular ring portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through the aperture and further configured to pulse the light source at a firing rate to sample selected portions of the annular ring at the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: CLARITY MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: YAN ZHOU, BRADFORD CHEW, WILLIAM SHEA
  • Patent number: 9113819
    Abstract: A wavefront sensor includes a light source configured to illuminate a subject eye, a detector, a first beam deflecting element configured to intercept a wavefront beam returned from a subject eye when the subject eye is illuminated by the light source and configured to direct a portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through an aperture toward the detector and a controller, coupled to the light source and the beam deflecting element, configured to control the beam deflecting element to deflect and project different portions of an annular ring portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through the aperture and further configured to pulse the light source at a firing rate to sample selected portions of the annular ring at the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Patent number: 9107608
    Abstract: An wavefront including a light source for providing a light beam to illuminate a subject eye and a beam deflecting to deflect the light beam to compensate transverse movement of the subject eye. A second beam deflecting element scans the beam around a small portion of the retina to dissipate energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Patent number: 9101292
    Abstract: A wavefront sensor includes a wavefront scanning module configured to output wavefront tilt measurements of a wavefront beam returned from a subject eye, a biometric/anatomic measurement device configured to output biometric/anatomic measurements of the subject eye and a processing system, coupled to the scanning module and the biometric/anatomic measurement device, configured to process biometric/anatomic measurements output during a surgical procedure to determine eye status information and to concurrently output eye status information and wavefront tilt information during the surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Patent number: 9050026
    Abstract: An apparatus including a wavefront sensor including a light source configured to illuminate a subject eye, a detector, an image sensor configured to output an image of the subject eye, a first beam deflecting element configured to intercept a wavefront beam returned from a subject eye when the subject eye is illuminated by the light source and configured to direct a portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through an aperture toward the detector and a controller, coupled to the light source, the image sensor and the beam deflecting element, configured to process the image to determine transverse movement of the subject eye and to control the beam deflecting element to deflect and project through the aperture portions of an annular ring portion of the wavefront and further configured to pulse the light source at a firing rate to sample selected portions of the annular ring at the detector, to process the image of the subject eye to calculate transverse movement of the subject eye and to orient the beam de
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Patent number: 8919958
    Abstract: An wavefront sensor uses a calibration wave generator to calculate correction factors to be applied to ratiometric combinations of position sensor output signals to determine real centroid deflection values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Patent number: 8919957
    Abstract: A sequential wavefront sensor includes a light source, a beam deflecting element, a position sensing detector configured to output a plurality of output signals and a plurality of composite transimpedance amplifiers each coupled to receive an output signal. The output of each composite transimpedance amplifier is phase-locked to a light source drive signal and a beam deflecting element drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Patent number: 8882270
    Abstract: An apparatus including a position sensing detector and a processing system, with the processing system configured to determine axis of astigmatism and cylinder and sphere diopter values of a subject eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Publication number: 20140063463
    Abstract: A wavefront sensor includes a light source configured to illuminate a subject eye, a detector, a first beam deflecting element configured to intercept a wavefront beam returned from a subject eye when the subject eye is illuminated by the light source and configured to direct a portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through an aperture toward the detector and a controller, coupled to the light source and the beam deflecting element, configured to control the beam deflecting element to deflect and project different portions of an annular ring portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through the aperture and further configured to pulse the light source at a firing rate to sample selected portions of the annular ring at the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Publication number: 20140063459
    Abstract: An apparatus including a wavefront sensor including a light source configured to illuminate a subject eye, a detector, an image sensor configured to output an image of the subject eye, a first beam deflecting element configured to intercept a wavefront beam returned from a subject eye when the subject eye is illuminated by the light source and configured to direct a portion of the wavefront from the subject eye through an aperture toward the detector and a controller, coupled to the light source, the image sensor and the beam deflecting element, configured to process the image to determine transverse movement of the subject eye and to control the beam deflecting element to deflect and project through the aperture portions of an annular ring portion of the wavefront and further configured to pulse the light source at a firing rate to sample selected portions of the annular ring at the detector, to process the image of the subject eye to calculate transverse movement of the subject eye and to orient the beam de
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: YAN ZHOU, BRADFORD CHEW, WILLIAM SHEA
  • Publication number: 20140063457
    Abstract: An wavefront including a light source for providing a light beam to illuminate a subject eye and a beam deflecting to deflect the light beam to compensate transverse movement of the subject eye. A second beam deflecting element scans the beam around a small portion of the retina to dissipate energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Publication number: 20140063455
    Abstract: A wavefront sensor includes a wavefront scanning module configured to output wavefront tilt measurements of a wavefront beam returned from a subject eye, a biometric/anatomic measurement device configured to output biometric/anatomic measurements of the subject eye and a processing system, coupled to the scanning module and the biometric/anatomic measurement device, configured to process biometric/anatomic measurements output during a surgical procedure to determine eye status information and to concurrently output eye status information and wavefront tilt information during the surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Publication number: 20140063462
    Abstract: An apparatus including a position sensing detector and a processing system, with the processing system configured to determine axis of astigmatism and cylinder and sphere diopter values of a subject eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Publication number: 20140063456
    Abstract: An wavefront sensor uses a calibration wave generator to calculate correction factors to be applied to ratiometric combinations of position sensor output signals to determine real centroid deflection values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Publication number: 20140055749
    Abstract: A sequential wavefront sensor includes a light source, a beam deflecting element, a position sensing detector configured to output a plurality of output signals and a plurality of composite transimpedance amplifiers each coupled to receive an output signal. The output of each composite transimpedance amplifier is phase-locked to a light source drive signal and a beam deflecting element drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Bradford Chew, William Shea
  • Publication number: 20070132618
    Abstract: There is provided a pulse oximeter circuit including a feedback circuit configured to receive a digital output signal of a multi-bit sigma-delta modulator and generate a pulse width modulated signal (PWM). The PWM signal is directed to a first switching circuit and a D flip-flop. The first switching circuit provides a first or second reference voltage as a feedback signal to the multi-bit sigma-delta modulator. The D flip-flop generates a sample and hold signal. The sample and hold signal controls a second switching circuit coupled to the input of the multi-bit sigma-delta modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan Petersen, William Shea, Bradford Chew
  • Publication number: 20060264721
    Abstract: A pulse oximeter method and apparatus which provides (1) a notch filter at a distance between a modulation frequency and a common multiple of commonly used power line frequencies (50, 60, 100 and 120) and also (2) a demodulation frequency greater than a highest pulse rate of a person and lower than any harmonic of 50, 60, 100 or 120 Hz, to filter ambient light interference, while choosing an optimum demodulation frequency that avoids interference from the notch filter or from harmonics of the line interference. Also, ambient light for any low frequency interference, such as power line interference, is measured both before and after each of the light emitter wavelengths and the average of the ambient light is then subtracted from the detected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated a corporation of Delaware
    Inventors: Ethan Petersen, William Shea, Bradford Chew