Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Hamrick

Daniel R. Hamrick 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: 10849495
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system includes: a light source; a multi-focal delay line; and a light detector. The multi-focal delay line includes: a positive lens; and an optical switch configured to: receive a light from the light source; selectively direct the sample light to the positive lens via a selected one of a plurality of light interfaces each located a different distance from the focal plane of the positive lens; and direct the sample light to an object to be measured. The light detector is configured to receive return light returned from the object to be measured in response to the sample light, and to receive a reference light produced from the light from the light source, and in response thereto to detect at least one interference signal. An associated OCT method may be performed with the OCT system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Pulaski, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Stephen W. Farrer, Daniel R. Hamrick, Richard J. Copland
  • Patent number: 10801829
    Abstract: Swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) systems and methods may employ down-conversion. Down-converter systems and methods may utilize a distribution element and a frequency down shifter. The distribution element may receive an output signal of a photo detection device, the output signal comprising a first frequency component at or below a maximum conversion frequency and a second frequency component above the maximum conversion frequency. The distribution element may send the first frequency component to an analog to digital (A/D) converter and send the second frequency component to a frequency down shifter. The frequency down shifter may down shift the second frequency component to a frequency at or below the maximum conversion frequency to form a down shifted second frequency component. The frequency down shifter may send the down shifted second frequency component to the A/D converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Isaac Neal, Daniel R. Hamrick, Thomas M. Shay
  • Patent number: 10582846
    Abstract: Improved devices, systems, and methods for planning cataract surgery on an eye of a patient incorporate results of prior corrective surgeries into a planned cataract surgery of a particular patient by driving an effective surgery vector function based on data from the prior corrective surgeries. The exemplary effective surgery vector employs an influence matrix which may allow improved refractive corrections to be generated so as to increase the overall efficacy of a cataract surgery by specifying one or more parameters of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted during the cataract surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Daniel R. Hamrick
  • Patent number: 10583039
    Abstract: Improved devices, systems, and methods for planning cataract surgery on an eye of a patient incorporate results of prior corrective surgeries into a planned cataract surgery of a particular patient by driving an effective surgery vector function based on data from the prior corrective surgeries. The exemplary effective surgery vector employs an influence matrix which may allow improved refractive corrections to be generated so as to increase the overall efficacy of a cataract surgery by specifying one or more parameters of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted during the cataract surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Daniel R. Hamrick
  • Patent number: 10582847
    Abstract: Improved devices, systems, and methods for planning cataract surgery on an eye of a patient incorporate results of prior corrective surgeries into a planned cataract surgery of a particular patient by driving an effective surgery vector function based on data from the prior corrective surgeries. The exemplary effective surgery vector employs an influence matrix which may allow improved refractive corrections to be generated so as to increase the overall efficacy of a cataract surgery by specifying one or more parameters of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted during the cataract surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Daniel R. Hamrick
  • Patent number: 10456026
    Abstract: A system for predicting optical power for an intraocular lens based upon measured biometric parameters in a patient's eye includes: a biometric reader capable of measuring one or more biometric parameters of the patient's eye and obtaining at least one value for at least one of the one or more biometric parameters, and further measuring a representation of a corneal topography of the patient's eye; a processor; and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor and having stored thereon a program that upon execution causes the processor to: receive the at least one value; obtain a corneal spherical aberration (SA) based upon the representation of the corneal topography; and calculate an optimized optical power to obtain a desired postoperative condition by applying the received at least one value and the obtained corneal spherical aberration to a modified regression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Stephen W. Farrer, Paul D. Pulaski, Daniel R. Hamrick, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Pablo Artal
  • Publication number: 20190072376
    Abstract: Swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) systems and methods may employ down-conversion. Down-converter systems and methods may utilize a distribution element and a frequency down shifter. The distribution element may receive an output signal of a photo detection device, the output signal comprising a first frequency component at or below a maximum conversion frequency and a second frequency component above the maximum conversion frequency. The distribution element may send the first frequency component to an analog to digital (A/D) converter and send the second frequency component to a frequency down shifter. The frequency down shifter may down shift the second frequency component to a frequency at or below the maximum conversion frequency to form a down shifted second frequency component. The frequency down shifter may send the down shifted second frequency component to the A/D converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Isaac Neal, Daniel R. Hamrick, Thomas M. Shay
  • Publication number: 20190029512
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system includes: a light source; a multi-focal delay line; and a light detector. The multi-focal delay line includes: a positive lens; and an optical switch configured to: receive a light from the light source; selectively direct the sample light to the positive lens via a selected one of a plurality of light interfaces each located a different distance from the focal plane of the positive lens; and direct the sample light to an object to be measured. The light detector is configured to receive return light returned from the object to be measured in response to the sample light, and to receive a reference light produced from the light from the light source, and in response thereto to detect at least one interference signal. An associated OCT method may be performed with the OCT system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Pulaski, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Stephen W. Farrer, Daniel R. Hamrick, Richard J. Copland
  • Patent number: 10149613
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention generally relate to systems and methods for wavefront interactive refraction display and more particularly to systems and methods for capturing and displaying eye wavefront interactive refraction data based on the desired refractive state of the patient's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AMO Wavefront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Neal, Stephen W. Farrer, Larry B. Voss, Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Hamrick, John G. Dixson, Phillip Riera, Ron R. Rammage, Richard J. Copland
  • Patent number: 10119803
    Abstract: Swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) systems and methods may employ down-conversion. Down-converter systems and methods may utilize a distribution element and a frequency down shifter. The distribution element may receive an output signal of a photo detection device, the output signal comprising a first frequency component at or below a maximum conversion frequency and a second frequency component above the maximum conversion frequency. The distribution element may send the first frequency component to an analog to digital (A/D) converter and send the second frequency component to a frequency down shifter. The frequency down shifter may down shift the second frequency component to a frequency at or below the maximum conversion frequency to form a down shifted second frequency component. The frequency down shifter may send the down shifted second frequency component to the A/D converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Isaac Neal, Daniel R. Hamrick, Thomas M. Shay
  • Patent number: 10085634
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system includes: a light source; a multi-focal delay line; and a light detector. The multi-focal delay line includes: a positive lens; and an optical switch configured to: receive a light from the light source; selectively direct the sample light to the positive lens via a selected one of a plurality of light interfaces each located a different distance from the focal plane of the positive lens; and direct the sample light to an object to be measured. The light detector is configured to receive return light returned from the object to be measured in response to the sample light, and to receive a reference light produced from the light from the light source, and in response thereto to detect at least one interference signal. An associated OCT method may be performed with the OCT system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Pulaski, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Stephen W. Farrer, Daniel R. Hamrick, Richard J. Copland
  • Publication number: 20170311798
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention generally relate to systems and methods for wavefront interactive refraction display and more particularly to systems and methods for capturing and displaying eye wavefront interactive refraction data based on the desired refractive state of the patient's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel R. Neal, Stephen W. Farrer, Larry B. Voss, Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Hamrick, John G. Dixson, Phillip Riera, Ron R. Rammage, Richard J. Copland
  • Patent number: 9713421
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention generally relate to systems and methods for wavefront interactive refraction display and more particularly to systems and methods for capturing and displaying eye wavefront interactive refraction data based on the desired refractive state of the patient's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: AMO Wavefront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Neal, Stephen W. Farrer, Larry B. Voss, Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Hamrick, John G. Dixson, Phillip Riera, Ron R. Rammage, Richard J. Copland
  • Publication number: 20170122722
    Abstract: Swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) systems and methods may employ down-conversion. Down-converter systems and methods may utilize a distribution element and a frequency down shifter. The distribution element may receive an output signal of a photo detection device, the output signal comprising a first frequency component at or below a maximum conversion frequency and a second frequency component above the maximum conversion frequency. The distribution element may send the first frequency component to an analog to digital (A/D) converter and send the second frequency component to a frequency down shifter. The frequency down shifter may down shift the second frequency component to a frequency at or below the maximum conversion frequency to form a down shifted second frequency component. The frequency down shifter may send the down shifted second frequency component to the A/D converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Isaac Neal, Daniel R. Hamrick, Thomas M. Shay
  • Patent number: 9468369
    Abstract: A system includes a model eye and an optical measurement instrument, which includes: a corneal topography subsystem; a wavefront sensor subsystem; and an eye structure imaging subsystem. The subsystems may have a common fixation axis, and be operatively coupled to each other via a controller. The optical measurement instrument may perform measurements of the model eye to verify correct operation of the optical measurement instrument for measuring one or more characteristics of a subject's eye. The model eye may include an optically transmissive structure having a front curved surface and an opposite rear planar surface, and a material structure provided at the rear planar surface of the optically transmissive structure and having a characteristic to cause a speckle pattern of a portion of a coherent light beam that is directed back out the front curved surface of the optically transmissive structure to have a bright-to-dark ratio of less than 2:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Richard J. Copland, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Wei Xiong, Paul D. Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Daniel R. Hamrick
  • Publication number: 20160227996
    Abstract: A system for predicting optical power for an intraocular lens based upon measured biometric parameters in a patient's eye includes: a biometric reader capable of measuring at least one biometric parameter and a representation of a corneal topography of the patient's eye; a processor coupled to a computer readable medium having stored thereon a program that upon execution causes the processor to receive the at least one biometric parameter and obtain corneal spherical aberration based upon the representation of the corneal topography, and the processor calculates an optimized optical power to obtain a desired postoperative condition by applying the received value and obtained corneal spherical aberration to a modified regression, wherein the modified regression is of the form: optical power=Regression+constant0*(corneal spherical aberration) or optical power=constant1*(biometric parameter)+constant0*(corneal spherical aberration).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Stephen W. Farrer, Paul D. Pulaski, Daniel R. Hamrick, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Pablo Artal
  • Publication number: 20160227997
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system includes: a light source; a multi-focal delay line; and a light detector. The multi-focal delay line includes: a positive lens; and an optical switch configured to: receive a light from the light source; selectively direct the sample light to the positive lens via a selected one of a plurality of light interfaces each located a different distance from the focal plane of the positive lens; and direct the sample light to an object to be measured. The light detector is configured to receive return light returned from the object to be measured in response to the sample light, and to receive a reference light produced from the light from the light source, and in response thereto to detect at least one interference signal. An associated OCT method may be performed with the OCT system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Pulaski, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Stephen W. Farrer, Daniel R. Hamrick, Richard J. Copland
  • Publication number: 20160150952
    Abstract: Improved devices, systems, and methods for planning cataract surgery on an eye of a patient incorporate results of prior corrective surgeries into a planned cataract surgery of a particular patient by driving an effective surgery vector function based on data from the prior corrective surgeries. The exemplary effective surgery vector employs an influence matrix which may allow improved refractive corrections to be generated so as to increase the overall efficacy of a cataract surgery by specifying one or more parameters of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted during the cataract surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas, Daniel R. Hamrick
  • Publication number: 20160128563
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention generally relate to systems and methods for wavefront interactive refraction display and more particularly to systems and methods for capturing and displaying eye wavefront interactive refraction data based on the desired refractive state of the patient's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel R. Neal, Stephen W. Farrer, Larry B. Voss, Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Hamrick, John G. Dixson, Phillip Riera, Ron R. Rammage, Richard J. Copland
  • Publication number: 20160073868
    Abstract: Improved devices, systems, and methods for planning cataract surgery on an eye of a patient incorporate results of prior corrective surgeries into a planned cataract surgery of a particular patient by driving an effective surgery vector function based on data from the prior corrective surgeries. The exemplary effective surgery vector employs an influence matrix which may allow improved refractive corrections to be generated so as to increase the overall efficacy of a cataract surgery by specifying one or more parameters of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted during the cataract surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas, Daniel R. Hamrick