Patents by Inventor Claus Ferdinand Eckardt

Claus Ferdinand Eckardt 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).

  • Eye surgical instrument
    Patent number: 8900220
    Abstract: An eye surgical instrument, comprising at least one optical fiber for lighting of the interior of the eye, which at least one optical fiber, at a free end thereof, is provided with a light exit and with a stop situated at a distance from the free end, which stop defines an insertion part situated between the end and the stop, and at another end is connectible to a light source, while the stop forms a separate element which is arranged so as to be slidable along the at least one fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: D.O.R.C. Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (International) B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Jan Vijfvinkel, Claus Ferdinand Eckardt
  • Eye surgical instrument
    Patent number: 8162928
    Abstract: An eye surgical instrument, comprising at least one optical fiber for lighting of the interior of the eye, which at least one optical fiber, at a free end thereof, is provided with a light exit and with a stop situated at a distance from the free end, which stop defines an insertion part situated between the end and the stop, and at an other end is connectable to a light source, while the stop forms a separate element which is arranged so as to be slidable along the at least one fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: D.O.R.C. Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (International) B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Jan Vijfvinkel, Claus Ferdinand Eckardt
  • Eye Surgical Instrument
    Publication number: 20110118711
    Abstract: An eye surgical instrument, comprising at least one optical fiber for lighting of the interior of the eye, which at least one optical fiber, at a free end thereof, is provided with a light exit and with a stop situated at a distance from the free end, which stop defines an insertion part situated between the end and the stop, and at another end is connectible to a light source, while the stop forms a separate element which is arranged so as to be slidable along the at least one fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: D.O.R.C. Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (International) B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Jan Vijfvinkel, Claus Ferdinand Eckardt