Patents by Inventor Cristina Schnider

Cristina Schnider 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).

  • Soft contact lenses displaying superior on-eye comfort
    Patent number: 7461937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soft contact lenses having an overall comfort preference of at least about 2 to 1 as compared to an Acuvue® contact lens and measured after one week of daily wear. The present invention further relates to a soft contact lens comprising an oxygen transmissibility greater than about 70 barrers/mm and physical properties suitable to provide wearer comfort over at least about 9 hours in at least about 80% of wearers, as measured in a randomized, double masked clinical study.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Steffen, Kevin McCabe, David Turner, Azaam Alli, Kent Young, Cristina Schnider, Gregory A. Hill
  • Soft contact lenses displaying superior on-eye comfort
    Publication number: 20050179862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soft contact lenses having an overall comfort preference of at least about 2 to 1 as compared to an Acuvue® contact lens and measured after one week of daily wear. The present invention further relates to a soft contact lens comprising an oxygen transmissibility greater than about 70 barrers/mm and physical properties suitable to provide wearer comfort over at least about 9 hours in at least about 80% of wearers, as measured in a randomized, double masked clinical study.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Steffen, Kevin McCabe, David Turner, Azaam Alli, Kent Young, Cristina Schnider, Gregory Hill