Patents by Inventor Garrett C. SMITH

Garrett C. SMITH 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).

  • Contact lens with a hydrophilic layer
    Patent number: 10451896
    Abstract: Embodiments of the technology relate to a contact lens having a core that is covalently coated by a hydrogel layer, and to methods of making such a lens. In one aspect, embodiments provide for a coated contact lens comprising a lens core comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population having a first PEG species and a second PEG species, the first PEG species being at least partially cross-linked to the second PEG species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Tangible Science, LLC
    Inventors: Karen L. Havenstrite, Victor W. McCray, Brandon M. Felkins, Douglas M. Ackermann, Garrett C. Smith, Paul A. Cook, Evan S. Luxon, Andrew A. McGibbon
  • CONTACT LENS WITH A HYDROPHILIC LAYER
    Publication number: 20160320635
    Abstract: Embodiments of the technology relate to a contact lens having a core that is covalently coated by a hydrogel layer, and to methods of making such a lens. In one aspect, embodiments provide for a coated contact lens comprising a lens core comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population having a first PEG species and a second PEG species, the first PEG species being at least partially cross-linked to the second PEG species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Karen L. HAVENSTRITE, Victor W. MCCRAY, Brandon M. FELKINS, Douglas M. ACKERMANN, Garrett C. SMITH, Paul A. COOK, Evan S. LUXON, Andrew A. MCGIBBON