Patents by Inventor Darrin Falk

Darrin Falk 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: 20230176399
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to means of managing eye-length disorders, like myopia. The invention includes an apparatus and methods for the prescription, selection, supply and fitting of permanent or impermanent optical films used in conjunction with standard single vision spectacles, wherein the apparatus and methods are configured with non-refractive opaque features, wherein the non-refractive opaque features facilitate an active rise in the overall retinal ganglion cell activity for the wearer, which may serve as an optical signal to decelerate, ameliorate, control, inhibit, or reduce the rate of myopia progression of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Nthalmic Holding Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra BAKARAJU, Klaus EHRMANN, Darrin FALK
  • Publication number: 20230123284
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to contact lenses for use with eyes experiencing eye-length related disorders, like myopia with or without astigmatism. This invention relates to a contact lens for managing myopia with or without astigmatism; wherein the contact lens is configured with an optical zone defined substantially centred about its optical axis to provide a meridionally and azimuthally variant power distribution resulting, at least in part, in a foveal correction of the myopic eye and, at least in part, resulting in a conoid of partial blur at the retina of the myopic eye, serving as a directional cue or an optical stop signal; and a non-optical peripheral carrier zone about the optical zone configured with a invariant azimuthal thickness distribution, with or without rotation assisting features, to further provide temporally and spatially varying stop signals to decelerate, control, inhibit, or reduce the rate of myopia progression substantially consistent over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Darrin Falk, Richard I Tsung Wu
  • Publication number: 20230102797
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a contact lens for managing myopia wherein the contact lens comprises of an optical zone about an optical axis and a non-optical peripheral carrier zone about the optical zone; wherein the optical zone is configured with a substantially single vision power profile providing correction for the eye, and a decentred second region configured with one or more meridionally and azimuthally variant power distributions, wherein at least one of the meridionally and azimuthally variant power distribution is devoid of mirror symmetry, the second region located substantially away from the optical centre and configured to provide at least in part a regional conoid of partial blur producing an optical stop signal for the eye; and wherein the non-optical peripheral carrier zone is configured with a thickness profile that is substantially rotationally symmetric to further provide a temporally and spatially varying stop signals to reduce myopia progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Darrin Falk
  • Publication number: 20230004026
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to use of single vision ophthalmic lenses for correction of myopia in a wearer, wherein the single vision ophthalmic lens devices are configured with a base prescription to correct the myopia of the individual and are purposefully further configured with non-refractive features, wherein the non-refractive features facilitate an increase in the retinal ganglion cell activity for the wearer, which may serve as an optical stop signal to decelerate, ameliorate, control, inhibit, or reduce, the rate of myopia progression of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Darrin Falk, Klaus Ehrmann
  • Patent number: 8814356
    Abstract: An optically realistic model eye is described. The optically realistic eye model has an optical axis and includes: an anterior replaceable module comprising a model cornea, model iris and model lens rotatably mounted for rotation about said axis, said module being representative of an emmetropic or pathological natural eye; an enclosure located posterior to said module and adapted to enclose a retinal area within which an image of an external object is brought to focus by said module; and a photoactive device movable within said enclosure and retinal area and adapted to detect or reflect a portion of the image for inspection, processing or analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Klaus Ehrmann, Ravi Chandra Bakaraju, Darrin Falk
  • Publication number: 20110170059
    Abstract: An optically realistic model eye is described. The optically realistic eye model has an optical axis and includes: an anterior replaceable module comprising a model cornea, model iris and model lens rotatably mounted for rotation about said axis, said module being representative of an emmetropic or pathological natural eye; an enclosure located posterior to said module and adapted to enclose a retinal area within which an image of an external object is brought to focus by said module; and a photoactive device movable within said enclosure and retinal area and adapted to detect or reflect a portion of the image for inspection, processing or analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Klaus Ehrmann, Revi Chandra Bakarju, Darrin Falk
  • Publication number: 20070132948
    Abstract: A contact lens having near vision and distance vision portions, the lens being movable on the eye between first and second positions, those positions corresponding with aligning the wearer's vision through the near vision and distance vision portions respectively. The lens is positionally stable on the eye in each of the two positions, and requires a force to be applied to the lens to move between the first and second positions. Preferably the lens has a back surface and a front surface, and said back surface has either one or two major back curve zones occupying a major portion of the lens back surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Simon Evans, Arthur Ho, Geoffrey Brent, Klaus Ehrmann, Darrin Falk, Sandya Perera, Jacqueline Tan, Renee Toit