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).
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Patent number: 10849495Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: AMO Development, LLCInventors: Paul Pulaski, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Stephen W. Farrer, Daniel R. Hamrick, Richard J. Copland
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Patent number: 10801829Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: AMO Development, LLCInventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Isaac Neal, Daniel R. Hamrick, Thomas M. Shay
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Patent number: 10582847Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLCInventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Daniel R. Hamrick
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Patent number: 10582846Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLCInventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Daniel R. Hamrick
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Patent number: 10583039Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLCInventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Daniel R. Hamrick
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Patent number: 10456026Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLCInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20190072376Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Isaac Neal, Daniel R. Hamrick, Thomas M. Shay
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Publication number: 20190029512Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Paul Pulaski, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Stephen W. Farrer, Daniel R. Hamrick, Richard J. Copland
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Patent number: 10149613Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: AMO Wavefront Sciences, LLCInventors: 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
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Patent number: 10119803Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLCInventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Isaac Neal, Daniel R. Hamrick, Thomas M. Shay
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Patent number: 10085634Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLCInventors: Paul Pulaski, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Stephen W. Farrer, Daniel R. Hamrick, Richard J. Copland
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Publication number: 20170311798Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 9713421Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: AMO Wavefront Sciences, LLCInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20170122722Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Isaac Neal, Daniel R. Hamrick, Thomas M. Shay
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Patent number: 9468369Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: AMO WaveFront Sciences, LLCInventors: Richard J. Copland, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Wei Xiong, Paul D. Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Daniel R. Hamrick
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Publication number: 20160227997Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Paul Pulaski, Daniel R. Neal, Thomas D. Raymond, Stephen W. Farrer, Daniel R. Hamrick, Richard J. Copland
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Publication number: 20160227996Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20160150952Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas, Daniel R. Hamrick
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Publication number: 20160128563Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20160073868Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Thomas D. Raymond, Daniel R. Neal, Richard J. Copland, Wei Xiong, Paul Pulaski, Stephen W. Farrer, Carmen Canovas, Daniel R. Hamrick