Patents by Inventor Ernst Jochen Meyer

Ernst Jochen Meyer 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).

  • Patent number: 4030480
    Abstract: This ocular decompression process is a surgical procedure and a physical therapy for the alleviation of glaucoma. The invention contemplates a surgical operation on the eye, at which a metallic implant is introduced through the sclera into or adjacent to the anterior chamber of the eye. The extra-cameral portion of the implant, fashioned into a loop, is buried under fibrous and epithelial tissue. After the surgical incisions have healed, the coil of a tuned radio-frequency circuit is brought into the field of the implant by being positioned exterior to the eye. The implanted wire acts as the secondary of a radio-frequency transformer and generates heat sufficient to create a tract from the anterior chamber to the subconjunctival tissue. This tract serves as a drain through which the aqueous humor flows from the inside of the eye to its surface, thereby reducing the pathologically elevated intraocular pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Inventor: Ernst Jochen Meyer