Patents by Inventor Eugene Lit

Eugene Lit 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).

  • Laminar cribosa puncture device, methods related to use of such a device and methods for treating central retinal vein occulsions
    Patent number: 6863073
    Abstract: Featured is a device for puncturing tissue of a body, such as the lamina cribosa and methods for treating a CVRO with such a puncturing device. The puncturing device includes a puncture member being generally configured and arranged to locally disrupt tissue proximal an area of the puncture site, to minimize the potential for damage to body parts or tissue immediately adjacent to this area of the puncture site and to facilitate perforation of the tissue at the puncture site. When the lamina cribosa is being punctured, the puncture member is more particularly configured and arranged to locally disrupt connective tissue of the lamina cribosa proximal to and surrounding the central retinal vein while minimizing the potential for structural damage to the central retinal vein. In an exemplary embodiment, the lamina cribosa is repeatedly punctured to strip/locally disrupt connective tissue surrounding the central retinal vein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. D'Amico, Eugene Lit, Paul Hallen, Mark Forchette, Werner Maag
  • Laminar cribosa puncture device, methods related to use of such a device and methods for treating central retinal vein occulsions
    Publication number: 20030059755
    Abstract: Featured is a device for puncturing tissue of a body, such as the lamina cribosa and methods for treating a CVRO with such a puncturing device. The puncturing device includes a puncture member being generally configured and arranged to locally disrupt tissue proximal an area of the puncture site, to minimize the potential for damage to body parts or tissue immediately adjacent to this area of the puncture site and to facilitate perforation of the tissue at the puncture site. When the lamina cribosa is being punctured, the puncture member is more particularly configured and arranged to locally disrupt connective tissue of the lamina cribosa proximal to and surrounding the central retinal vein while minimizing the potential for structural damage to the central retinal vein. In an exemplary embodiment, the lamina cribosa is repeatedly punctured to strip/locally disrupt connective tissue surrounding the central retinal vein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Donald J. D'Amico, Eugene Lit, Paul Hallen, Mark Forchette, Werner Maag