Patents by Inventor Douglas G. Vanderlaan

Douglas G. Vanderlaan 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).

  • Contact lenses
    Publication number: 20040209973
    Abstract: The invention provides silicone hydrogel contact lenses that exhibit reduced back surface debris and reduced incidence of superior epithelial arcurate lesions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Robert B. Steffen, David C. Tumer, Douglas G. Vanderlaan
  • Soft contact lenses
    Publication number: 20040186248
    Abstract: A soft contact lens containing a silicone-hydrogel made by curing a reaction mixture containing a silicone-containing monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, David C. Tumer, Marcie V. Hargiss, Annie C. Maiden, Robert N. Love, James D. Ford, Frank F. Molock, Robert B. Steffen, Azaam Alli, John B. Enns, Kevin P. McCabe
  • Methods for the extraction of contact lenses
    Publication number: 20040091613
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for extracting excess materials from contact lenses, during which the contact lenses swell above their functional size. The methods include the steps of treating contact lenses with a liquid, preferably a solution that causes the contact lenses to swell to a size larger than their functional size, and treating the contact lenses with a liquid, preferably a solution that causes them to shrink back to their functional size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Joe M. Wood, Anthony Joseph Bernard, Douglas L. Evans, Terry L. Spaulding, Douglas G. Vanderlaan
  • Methods of stabilizing silicone hydrogels against hydrolytic degradation
    Patent number: 6634748
    Abstract: A method of increasing the shelf life of silicone hydrogels stored in aqueous solutions. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of stabilizing a silicone hydrogel article against hydrolytic degradation comprising, storing said silicone hydrogel in an ozone-free, aqueous solution having a pH of from about 5.0 to less than about 7.2, and a viscosity of less than about 10 centipoise, wherein if the aqueous solution is substantially free of poloxamine or poloxamer surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Stephen L. Galas
  • Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents
    Publication number: 20030162862
    Abstract: This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin P. McCabe, Frank F. Molock, Gregory A. Hill, Azaam Alli, Robert B. Steffen, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Kent A. Young
  • Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents
    Publication number: 20030125498
    Abstract: This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin P. McCabe, Frank F. Molock, Gregory A. Hill, Azaam Alli, Robert B. Steffen, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Kent A. Young, James D. Ford
  • Biomedical devices with hydrophilic coatings
    Patent number: 6534559
    Abstract: Biomedical devices with stable, hydrophilic and antimicrobial coatings are provided. The coatings are formed using a coupling agent to bond a carboxyl containing hydrophilic coating to the surface by ester or amide linkages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, David C. Turner, Joe M. Wood
  • Antimicrobial lenses and methods of their use
    Publication number: 20030043341
    Abstract: This invention relates to antimicrobial lenses containing coated zeolites and methods for their production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: David C. Turner, Azaam Alli, James D. Ford, Stephen L. Galas, Ann-Marie W. Meyers, Frank L. Neely, James R. Petisce, Robert B. Steffen, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, James Jen, Joseph R. Hepting, James Ebel
  • Antimicrobial contact lenses and methods for their production
    Publication number: 20030044447
    Abstract: This invention relates to antimicrobial lenses and methods for their production where the lenses contain silver and a polymerizable monomer of Formula I, II, III or IV 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Diana Zanini, Azaam Alli, James D. Ford, Robert B. Steffen, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, James R. Petisce
  • Biomedical devices with amid-containing coatings
    Patent number: 6500481
    Abstract: The invention provides biomedical devices. In particular, the invention provides biomedical devices on the surfaces of which stable, hydrophilic, amide-containing coatings are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Ann-Marie Wong Meyers, David C. Turner, Joe M. Wood
  • Antimicrobial contact lenses containing activated silver and methods for their production
    Publication number: 20020197299
    Abstract: An optically clear antimicrobial lens, containing greater than 0.01 weight percent activated silver is disclosed as well as methods for the production, use, and storage of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Ann Meyers, Susan Brown-Skrobot
  • Contact lens coating selection and manufacturing process
    Patent number: 6478423
    Abstract: The invention is a method of making a coated contact lens with desirable physiological performance. Preferably, the lenses are made from hydrophobic contact lens substrate with a hydrophilic coating material. The hydrophobic lens substrate is coated with a hydrophilic material having an expansion factor greater than one. The coated lenses have low physical defect and surface roughness profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vison Care, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Turner, John C. Heaton, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Robert B. Steffen, Joe M. Wood, Lenora L. Copper, James S. Jen
  • Soft contact lenses
    Publication number: 20020107324
    Abstract: A soft contact lens containing a silicone-hydrogel made by curing a reaction mixture containing a silicone-containing monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, David C. Turner, Marcie V. Hargiss, Annie C. Maiden, Robert N. Love, James D. Ford, Frank F. Molock, Robert B. Steffen, Gregory A. Hill, Azaam Alli, John B. Enns, Kevin P. McCabe
  • Stable initiator system
    Patent number: 6414049
    Abstract: Acylphosphine initiators used in making ophthalmic lenses are stabilized by the addition of an acid to the monomer mix used to make the lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Azaam Alli, Joe M. Wood, Ivan M. Nunez, Robert N. Love, James D. Ford, Douglas G. Vanderlaan
  • Hydrogel with internal wetting agent
    Patent number: 6367929
    Abstract: A wettable silicone hydrogel made by including a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer into the silicone hydrogel monomer mix is presented. The hydrophilic polymer is entrapped in the hydrogel with little or no covalent bonding between it and the hydrogel matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Annie C. Maiden, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, David C. Turner, Robert N. Love, James D. Ford, Frank F. Molock, Robert B. Steffen, Gregory A. Hill, Azaam Alli, Kevin P. McCabe
  • Biomedical devices with hydrophilic coatings
    Patent number: 6087415
    Abstract: Biomedical devices with stable, hydrophilic and antimicrobial coatings are provided. The coatings are formed using a coupling agent to bond a carboxyl containing hydrophilic coating to the surface by ester or amide linkages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, David C. Turner, Joe M. Wood
  • Optically transparent hydrogels and processes for their production
    Patent number: 6031059
    Abstract: The invention provides hydrogels for use in the production of biomedical devices. In particular, the invention provides hydrogels formed from siloxane prepolymers and a hydrophilic monomer, which hydrogels are optically transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Frank Molock, Giancarlo Fruzzetti
  • Silicone hydrogel polymers
    Patent number: 6020445
    Abstract: This invention relates to polymers that are formed by polymerizing a reaction mixture that comprises at least one silicone-containing monomer and at least one hydrophilic monomer. More particularly, this invention relates to polymers formed by polymerizing a reaction mixture that comprises at least one silicone-containing monomer and at least one hydrophilic monomer in the presence of a diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Ivan M. Nunez, Marcie Hargiss
  • Soft contact lenses
    Patent number: 5998498
    Abstract: A soft contact lens comprising a silicone-hydrogel made by curing a reaction mixture comprising a silicone-containing monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Ivan M. Nunez, Marcie Hargiss, Michele L. Alton, Susan Williams
  • Silicone hydrogel polymers
    Patent number: 5962548
    Abstract: A silicone hydrogel polymer prepared by curing a reaction mixture comprising a hydroxyalkylamine-functional silicone-containing monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Marcie Hargiss