Patents by Inventor Fred Lee
Fred Lee 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).
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Patent number: 9205186Abstract: The present invention relates generally to providing pressurized infusion of liquids and more particularly, is directed to providing a stable and pressurized flow of irrigation fluid to the eye during surgery.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Branden Tarkeshian, Mark E. Steen, James B. Gerg, Fred Lee
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Patent number: 9131034Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless device power management is provided. The method comprises providing a charge to an intermediate power cell by electrically connecting the intermediate power cell to a power source, disconnecting the intermediate power cell from the power source, and electrically connecting the wireless device to the intermediate power cell. Such electrical connecting enables power cell recharging within the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Dung Ma, James Gerg, Fred Lee
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Patent number: 8986332Abstract: A method and system for controlling the cutting speed of a cutting device employable in an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The apparatus includes a control module, a variable gas pressure regulator arrangement configured to receive gas from a gas pressure supply, wherein the variable pressure regulator arrangement is connected to the control module and the control module is configured to regulate gas received from the gas pressure supply, and an accumulator configured to store gas received from the variable gas regulator arrangement at a selected gas pressure. Gas at the desired pressure is delivered from the accumulator to the cutting device. The gas may be air, and the variable gas pressure arrangement may include a single variable pressure regulator or multiple pressure regulators which typically are not variable with respect to the pressure delivered.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: James Gerg, Ernesto Flores, Fred Lee
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Patent number: 8923768Abstract: A method and apparatus for connectivity management of a wireless device is provided, such as a wireless medical device. The method comprises providing a wireless connection between at least two medical devices, the at least two medical devices comprising a primary medical device and a secondary medical device, causing the primary medical device to transmit and the secondary medical device to receive state signals wirelessly across a plurality of communication data channels, and reporting a non-active state for one of the plurality of data channels from the primary medical device to the secondary medical device using the plurality of communication data channels.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Dung Ma, Fred Lee
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Publication number: 20140364864Abstract: A phacoemulsification system and method, and a surgical foot pedal device, system and method. The present invention may include a console comprising a plurality of modes for at least one physically associated surgical instrument, and a foot pedal communicatively associated with said console and suitable for varying ones of the plurality of modes. The foot pedal may include a housing comprising the communicative association, and comprising at least one potentiometer and at least two top switches for the varying of the ones of the plurality of modes, a treadle rotatably mounted within the housing and suitable for depressing the at least one potentiometer, and at least two side switches movably associated with the treadle for the varying of the ones of the plurality of modes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Kyle Lynn, Tuan Tran, Christopher J. Page, Allan Lee Cameron, Andrew J. Boyce, Philip Walker, Kelvin Kao, Kenneth E. Kadziauskas, Regan A. Pierce, Fred Lee, Teresita Smith, Tapan Patel
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Publication number: 20140276639Abstract: The present invention relates generally to providing pressurized infusion of liquids and more particularly, is directed to providing a stable and pressurized flow of irrigation fluid to the eye during surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Branden J. Tarkeshian, Mark E. Steen, James B. Gerg, Fred Lee
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Patent number: 8768251Abstract: A method and system of establishing communications between at least two independent software modules in a safety critical system, such as a medical system, is provided. The design comprises providing an exclusive Bluetooth connection between at least two wireless devices. A master wireless device is configured with Bluetooth master device functionality and a slave wireless device is configured with Bluetooth slave device functionality. The wireless devices are employed in performing a medical procedure. The method further comprises acquiring a stored unique address from the slave wireless device over the Bluetooth connection, comparing the stored unique address to a master wireless device unique address available at the master wireless device, and exclusively pairing the master wireless device and the slave wireless device when the unique address acquired from the slave wireless device is found to identically match the master wireless device unique address.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Claus, Timothy Hunter, Dung Ma, Fred Lee
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Patent number: 8750796Abstract: A method and system of establishing communications between at least two independent software modules in a safety critical system, such as a medical system, is provided. The design comprises providing an exclusive Bluetooth connection between at least two wireless devices. A master wireless device is configured with Bluetooth master device functionality and a slave wireless device is configured with Bluetooth slave device functionality. The wireless devices are employed in performing procedures in a safety critical environment. The method further comprises acquiring a stored unique address from the slave wireless device over the Bluetooth connection, comparing the stored unique address to a master wireless device unique address available at the master wireless device, and exclusively pairing the master wireless device and the slave wireless device when the unique address acquired from the slave wireless device is found to identically match the master wireless device unique address.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2007Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Claus, Timothy Hunter, Dung Mar, Fred Lee
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Publication number: 20140031091Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless device power management is provided. The method comprises providing a charge to an intermediate power cell by electrically connecting the intermediate power cell to a power source, disconnecting the intermediate power cell from the power source, and electrically connecting the wireless device to the intermediate power cell. Such electrical connecting enables power cell recharging within the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Dung Ma, James Gerg, Fred Lee
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Patent number: 8565839Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless device power management is provided. The method comprises providing a charge to an intermediate power cell by electrically connecting the intermediate power cell to a power source, disconnecting the intermediate power cell from the power source, and electrically connecting the wireless device to the intermediate power cell. Such electrical connecting enables power cell recharging within the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Dung Ma, James Gerg, Fred Lee
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Publication number: 20130253556Abstract: A method and system for controlling the cutting speed of a cutting device employable in an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The apparatus includes a control module, a variable gas pressure regulator arrangement configured to receive gas from a gas pressure supply, wherein the variable pressure regulator arrangement is connected to the control module and the control module is configured to regulate gas received from the gas pressure supply, and an accumulator configured to store gas received from the variable gas regulator arrangement at a selected gas pressure. Gas at the desired pressure is delivered from the accumulator to the cutting device. The gas may be air, and the variable gas pressure arrangement may include a single variable pressure regulator or multiple pressure regulators which typically are not variable with respect to the pressure delivered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: James Gerg, Erneslo Flores, Fred Lee
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Publication number: 20130149967Abstract: A method and apparatus for connectivity management of a wireless device is provided, such as a wireless medical device. The method comprises providing a wireless connection between at least two medical devices, the at least two medical devices comprising a primary medical device and a secondary medical device, causing the primary medical device to transmit and the secondary medical device to receive state signals wirelessly across a plurality of communication data channels, and reporting a non-active state for one of the plurality of data channels from the primary medical device to the secondary medical device using the plurality of communication data channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Abbott Medical Optical Inc.Inventors: Dung Ma, Fred Lee
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Patent number: 8460324Abstract: A method and system for controlling the cutting speed of a cutting device employable in an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The apparatus includes a control module, a variable gas pressure regulator arrangement configured to receive gas from a gas pressure supply, wherein the variable pressure regulator arrangement is connected to the control module and the control module is configured to regulate gas received from the gas pressure supply, and an accumulator configured to store gas received from the variable gas regulator arrangement at a selected gas pressure. Gas at the desired pressure is delivered from the accumulator to the cutting device. The gas may be air, and the variable gas pressure arrangement may include a single variable pressure regulator or multiple pressure regulators which typically are not variable with respect to the pressure delivered.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: James Gerg, Ernesto Flores, Fred Lee
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Patent number: 8380126Abstract: A method and apparatus for connectivity management of a wireless device is provided, such as a wireless medical device. The method comprises providing a wireless connection between at least two medical devices, the at least two medical devices comprising a primary medical device and a secondary medical device, causing the primary medical device to transmit and the secondary medical device to receive state signals wirelessly across a plurality of communication data channels, and reporting a non-active state for one of the plurality of data channels from the primary medical device to the secondary medical device using the plurality of communication data channels.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Dung Ma, Fred Lee
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Publication number: 20120066953Abstract: An avian decoy including a decoy body; a stake having an upper end for rotatably supporting the decoy body, and having a lower end for being anchored to a support surface; and a guide for guiding the upper end of the stake into proper position in the decoy body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: AVERY OUTDOORS, INC.Inventor: Fred Lee Zink, JR.
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Patent number: 8082690Abstract: An avian decoy including a decoy body; a stake having an upper end for rotatably supporting the decoy body, and having a lower end for being anchored to a support surface; and a guide for guiding the upper end of the stake into proper position in the decoy body.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Avery Outdoors, Inc.Inventor: Fred Lee Zink, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100283599Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless device power management is provided. The method comprises providing a charge to an intermediate power cell by electrically connecting the intermediate power cell to a power source, disconnecting the intermediate power cell from the power source, and electrically connecting the wireless device to the intermediate power cell. Such electrical connecting enables power cell recharging within the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2005Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Dung Ma, James Gerg, Fred Lee
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Publication number: 20100280434Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically pulsing different aspiration levels to an ocular probe are disclosed. The probe may be a phacoemulsification probe. A first aspiration level, supplied by a first pump, may be applied to the probe simultaneously with ultrasonic energy. A second aspiration level, supplied by a second pump, may be automatically switched from the first aspiration level, and applied to the probe in a pulsed manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Rob Raney, Michael J. Claus, James Gerg, Wayne S. Wong, David A. King, James W. Staggs, Fred Lee
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Publication number: 20100280435Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for automatically switching different aspiration levels to an ocular probe are disclosed herein. The probe may be a phacoemulsification probe. A first aspiration level, supplied by a first pump, may be applied to the probe simultaneously with ultrasonic energy. A second aspiration level, supplied by a second pump, may be automatically switched from the first aspiration level. Control feed back of the pumps may be varied according to set thresholds.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: ROB RANEY, Michael J. Claus, James Gerg, Wayne S. Wong, David A. King, James W. Staggs, Fred Lee
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Patent number: D708593Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.Inventors: Kyle Lynn, Tuan Tran, Christopher J. Page, Allan Lee Cameron, Andrew J. Boyce, Philip Walker, Kelvin Kao, Ken Kadziauskas, Regan A. Pierce, Fred Lee, Teresita Smith, Tapan Patel