Patents by Inventor Frances Joan Rucker

Frances Joan Rucker 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: 11110292
    Abstract: A myopia-inhibiting treatment device produces a therapeutic light that includes components of different wavelengths in a ratio of luminosities that creates a predetermined L-cone to S-cone excitation profile that slows ocular growth, thereby mitigating development of myopia. The components comprise blue light, green light, and red light. Therapeutic light may cause an L-cone to S-cone excitation ratio in a range between 1.38 and 0.05. In some implementations the therapeutic light causes a L-cone to S-cone excitation ratio of 0.74. In some implementations the luminosity of the combined light components is greater than 700 lux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: New England College of Optometry
    Inventors: Frances Joan Rucker, Hannah Yoon, Christopher Patrick Taylor
  • Publication number: 20190282828
    Abstract: A myopia-inhibiting treatment device produces a therapeutic light that includes components of different wavelengths in a ratio of luminosities that creates a predetermined L-cone to S-cone excitation profile that slows ocular growth, thereby mitigating development of myopia. The components comprise blue light, green light, and red light. Therapeutic light may cause an L-cone to S-cone excitation ratio in a range between 1.38 and 0.05. In some implementations the therapeutic light causes a L-cone to S-cone excitation ratio of 0.74. In some implementations the luminosity of the combined light components is greater than 700 lux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: New England College of Optometry
    Inventors: Frances Joan Rucker, Hannah Yoon, Christopher Patrick Taylor
  • Publication number: 20170072218
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing or preventing myopia is presented. In one mode, a display includes a front surface and a region is provided along at least one area of the front surface. The region provides temporal stimulation to a user viewing the display, which results in the prevention or reduction of myopia in a person viewing the display without the need for accurate accommodation or binocular fixation. In a second mode, a stand-alone device provides temporal stimulation to a user viewing the display, which results in the prevention or reduction of myopia in a person viewing the display. In a third mode, the temporal stimulation is projected into the viewer's field of view, which results in the prevention or reduction of myopia in a person viewing the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: New England College of Optometry
    Inventor: Frances Joan Rucker