Patents by Inventor Erik Ad Hermans

Erik Ad Hermans 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: 20130317608
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 8496701
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Publication number: 20120232650
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BV
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 8182531
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Publication number: 20110112638
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BV
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 7871437
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Publication number: 20090018652
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BV
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 7393099
    Abstract: Glasses for everyday use, comprising a frame into which is fitted a lens system for the correction of defective vision, which comprises at least one pair of lenses formed by a first lens and a second lens, which first and second lens, viewed in the path of vision, are disposed one behind the other and are mutually adjustable for realizing a desired degree of correction of vision, wherein the first lens is coupled with a first adjusting element and the second lens is coupled with a second adjusting element, and the first and the second adjusting elements in the assembled state form an integral component of an adjusting organ, and are designed for moving one along the other for the purpose of an adjustment of the lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Stichting Right on Sight
    Inventors: Daniel Koops, Erik Ad Hermans, Willem Berend Bloem, Gerrit Ludolph Van Der Heijde