Patents by Inventor Eric R. Ritchey

Eric R. Ritchey 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: 20240109571
    Abstract: A microphone assembly including an outer housing, an inner housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a cord. The outer housing includes an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface and defining an opening there through, and a plurality of attachment structures protruding from the inner surface thereof. The inner housing includes an outer surface, an opening, and a plurality of attachment structures protruding from the outer surface thereof. The PCB includes at least one micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone including an acoustic port. The PCB is coupled to the inner housing such that the acoustic port of the at least one MEMS microphone is positioned within the opening. The cord interconnects the attachment structures of the outer and inner housings, respectively, together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: VOESTALPINE SIGNALING USA INC.
    Inventors: James R. Bilodeau, John D. Ritchey, Eric C. Sprengle, Jody Lutz
  • Patent number: 11061255
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporating an array of non-coaxial lenslets with add power that create non-coaxial myopic defocus within the optic zone of the lens may be utilized to prevent and/or slow myopia progression. The positive, non-coaxial lenslets cover about twenty to eighty percent of the central pupil area to deliver positive foci of light in front of the retina to slow the rate of myopia progression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Manwai Charis Lau, Noel Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael Collins, Brett Davis, Eric R. Ritchey, Fan Yi
  • Publication number: 20210033889
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei
  • Patent number: 10877294
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporating an array of non-coaxial lenslets with add power that create non-coaxial myopic defocus within the optic zone of the lens may be utilized to prevent and/or slow myopia progression. The positive, non-coaxial lenslets cover about twenty to eighty percent of the central pupil area to deliver positive foci of light in front of the retina to slow the rate of myopia progression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Manwai Charis Lau, Noel Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael Collins, Brett Davis, Eric R. Ritchey, Fan Yi
  • Patent number: 10838236
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00 D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei
  • Patent number: 10823980
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00 D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei
  • Patent number: 10642067
    Abstract: A method for estimating and tracking refractive error progression of an individual includes estimating a percentile of Spherical Equivalent Refraction (SPHEQ) as a function of at least the individual's age by comparison to a reference population; estimating an expected SPHEQ trajectory over a future predetermined period of time; comparing the expected SPHEQ trajectory with the reference population; and comparing the expected SPHEQ trajectory with an expected SPHEQ trajectory using an ametropia control treatment, thereby showing a possible treatment benefit over the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Eric R. Ritchey, Lisa A. Jones-Jordan, Loraine T. Sinnott, Xu Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190278107
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00 D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei
  • Publication number: 20190278106
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei
  • Patent number: 10359646
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00 D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei
  • Publication number: 20180275427
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporating an array of non-coaxial lenslets with add power that create non-coaxial myopic defocus within the optic zone of the lens may be utilized to prevent and/or slow myopia progression. The positive, non-coaxial lenslets cover about twenty to eighty percent of the central pupil area to deliver positive foci of light in front of the retina to slow the rate of myopia progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Manwai Charis Lau, Noel Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael Collins, Brett Davis, Eric R. Ritchey, Fan Yi
  • Patent number: 10042181
    Abstract: A method for estimating and tracking refractive error progression of an individual includes estimating a percentile of Spherical Equivalent Refraction (SPHEQ) as a function of at least the individual's age by comparison to a reference population; estimating an expected SPHEQ trajectory over a future predetermined period of time; comparing the expected SPHEQ trajectory with the reference population; and comparing the expected SPHEQ trajectory with an expected SPHEQ trajectory using an ametropia control treatment, thereby showing a possible treatment benefit over the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Eric R. Ritchey, Lisa A. Jones-Jordan, Loraine T. Sinnott, Xu Cheng
  • Publication number: 20180140181
    Abstract: A method for estimating and tracking refractive error progression of an individual includes estimating a percentile of Spherical Equivalent Refraction (SPHEQ) as a function of at least the individual's age by comparison to a reference population; estimating an expected SPHEQ trajectory over a future predetermined period of time; comparing the expected SPHEQ trajectory with the reference population; and comparing the expected SPHEQ trajectory with an expected SPHEQ trajectory using an ametropia control treatment, thereby showing a possible treatment benefit over the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Eric R. Ritchey, Lisa A. Jones-Jordan, Loraine T. Sinnott, Xu Cheng
  • Publication number: 20170209036
    Abstract: A method for estimating and tracking refractive error progression of an individual includes estimating a percentile of Spherical Equivalent Refraction (SPHEQ) as a function of at least the individual's age by comparison to a reference population; estimating an expected SPHEQ trajectory over a future predetermined period of time; comparing the expected SPHEQ trajectory with the reference population; and comparing the expected SPHEQ trajectory with an expected SPHEQ trajectory using an ametropia control treatment, thereby showing a possible treatment benefit over the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Eric R. Ritchey, Lisa A. Jones-Jordan, Loraine T. Sinnott, Xu Cheng
  • Publication number: 20170192252
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00 D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei
  • Patent number: 9638936
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00 D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled A. Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei
  • Publication number: 20160377884
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporating an array of non-coaxial lenslets with add power that create non-coaxial myopic defocus within the optic zone of the lens may be utilized to prevent and/or slow myopia progression. The positive, non-coaxial lenslets cover about twenty to eighty percent of the central pupil area to deliver positive foci of light in front of the retina to slow the rate of myopia progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Manwai Charis Lau, Noel Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael Collins, Brett Davis, Eric R. Ritchey, Fan Yi
  • Publication number: 20160054588
    Abstract: Contact lenses incorporate high plus or add power profiles that at least one of slow, retard or preventing myopia progression and minimize halo effect. The lens includes a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile that increases from an outer margin of the center zone to a positive power within the at least one treatment zone of greater than +5.00 D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Khaled A. Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Manwai Charis Lau, Eric R. Ritchey, Xin Wei