Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Brooks

Daniel R. Brooks 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: 20240082952
    Abstract: A pre-objective two-degree-of-freedom galvanometer scanning system including two galvo mirrors (111,112) with an optical relay (120) between the mirrors (111,112) and a microscope objective (130) with a curved image plane (140) is presented. The second galvo mirror (112) is located in the aperture stop before the objective. The optical system enables scanning in both directions over the full, curved field for creating custom refractive structures across the 6.5 mm optical zone of contact lenses using femtosecond micro-modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel R. Brooks, Jonathan D, Ellis
  • Patent number: 11845143
    Abstract: A pre-objective two-degree-of-freedom galvanometer scanning system including two galvo mirrors (111,112) with an optical relay (120) between the mirrors (111,112) and a microscope objective (130) with a curved image plane (140) is presented. The second galvo mirror (112) is located in the aperture stop before the objective. The optical system enables scanning in both directions over the full, curved field for creating custom refractive structures across the 6.5 mm optical zone of contact lenses using femtosecond micro-modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Daniel R. Brooks, Jonathan D. Ellis
  • Publication number: 20230149216
    Abstract: Refractive index writing system and methods employing a pulsed laser source for providing a pulsed laser output at a first wavelength; an objective lens for focusing the pulsed laser output to a focal spot in an optical material; a scanner for relatively moving the focal spot with respect to the optical material at a relative speed and direction along a scan region for writing one or more traces in the optical material defined by a change in refractive index; and a controller for controlling laser exposures along the one or more traces in accordance with a calibration function for the optical material to achieve a desired refractive index profile in the optical material. The refractive index writing system may be for writing traces in in vivo optical tissue, and the controller may be configured with a calibration function obtained by calibrating refractive index change induced in enucleated ocular globes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Wayne Knox, Jonathan D. Ellis, Krystel R. Huxlin, Daniel R. Brooks, Kaitlin T. Wozniak
  • Patent number: 11571336
    Abstract: Refractive index writing system and methods employing a pulsed laser source for providing a pulsed laser output at a first wavelength; an objective lens for focusing the pulsed laser output to a focal spot in an optical material; a scanner for relatively moving the focal spot with respect to the optical material at a relative speed and direction along a scan region for writing one or more traces in the optical material defined by a change in refractive index; and a controller for controlling laser exposures along the one or more traces in accordance with a calibration function for the optical material to achieve a desired refractive index profile in the optical material. The refractive index writing system may be for writing traces in in vivo optical tissue, and the controller may be configured with a calibration function obtained by calibrating refractive index change induced in enucleated ocular globes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Wayne Knox, Jonathan D. Ellis, Krystel R. Huxlin, Daniel R. Brooks, Kaitlin T. Wozniak
  • Publication number: 20210052425
    Abstract: Refractive index writing system and methods employing a pulsed laser source for providing a pulsed laser output at a first wavelength; an objective lens for focusing the pulsed laser output to a focal spot in an optical material; a scanner for relatively moving the focal spot with respect to the optical material at a relative speed and direction along a scan region for writing one or more traces in the optical material defined by a change in refractive index; and a controller for controlling laser exposures along the one or more traces in accordance with a calibration function for the optical material to achieve a desired refractive index profile in the optical material. The refractive index writing system may be for writing traces in in vivo optical tissue, and the controller may be configured with a calibration function obtained by calibrating refractive index change induced in enucleated ocular globes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Wayne Knox, Jonathan D. Ellis, Krystel R. Huxlin, Daniel R. Brooks, Kaitlin T. Wozniak
  • Publication number: 20200223009
    Abstract: A pre-objective two-degree-of-freedom galvanometer scanning system including two galvo mirrors (111,112) with an optical relay (120) between the mirrors (111,112) and a microscope objective (130) with a curved image plane (140) is presented. The second galvo mirror (112) is located in the aperture stop before the objective. The optical system enables scanning in both directions over the full, curved field for creating custom refractive structures across the 6.5 mm optical zone of contact lenses using femtosecond micro-modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel R. Brooks, Jonathan D. Ellis
  • Patent number: D341566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Carri-Craft Catamarans, Inc.
    Inventors: Benedict A. Brooks, Robert F. Hargrave, Daniel R. Brooks, William L. Brooks, Donald L. Timm