Patents by Inventor George Hunter

George Hunter 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: 12336759
    Abstract: A system and method for selecting an intraocular lens, for implantation into an eye, includes a controller having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The controller is configured to selectively execute a machine learning model trained with a training dataset. Execution of the instructions by the processor causes the controller to obtain pre-operative objective data for the patient, including one or more anatomic eye measurements. The controller is configured to obtain pre-operative questionnaire data for the patient, including at least one personality trait. The pre-operative objective data and the pre-operative questionnaire data are entered as respective inputs to the machine learning model. A predicted subjective outcome score for the patient is generated as an output of the machine learning model. The intraocular lens is selected based in part on the predicted subjective outcome score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: ALCON INC.
    Inventors: John Alfred Campin, Brant Gillen, Martin Gründig, Robert Moore, George Hunter Pettit, Mark Andrew Zielke
  • Publication number: 20250113993
    Abstract: An ophthalmic system for generating an ocular model of an eye includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device, an aberrometer, and a computer. The OCT device detects OCT light reflected from the eye. The aberrometer detects aberrometer light reflected from the eye. The computer generates the ocular model of the eye according to the reflected OCT light. The ocular model includes parameters describing the eye. The parameters include lens parameters that describe the lens of the eye. The computer determines an OCT-based wavefront according to the ocular model, determines an aberrometer-based wavefront according to the reflected aberrometer light, and compares the OCT-based and the aberrometer-based wavefronts. If the wavefronts differ beyond a predefined tolerance, the computer adjusts one or more values assigned to the parameters until the wavefronts satisfy the predefined tolerance. At least one adjusted value is assigned to a lens parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: George Hunter Pettit, Daniil Nekrassov, Peter Zieger, Martin Gründig, Horia Grecu, Mark Andrew Zielke, John Alfred Campin
  • Publication number: 20250113997
    Abstract: An ophthalmic system for measuring an eye comprises measuring devices and a computer. The measuring devices comprise an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device and an aberrometer. The OCT device directs OCT light towards the eye, and detects the OCT light reflected from the eye to measure the eye. The aberrometer directs aberrometer light towards the eye, and detects the aberrometer light reflected from the eye to measure the eye. The computer generates an ocular model of the eye according to the reflected OCT light. The ocular model comprises parameters for the eye, where each parameter is assigned a value. The computer determines an OCT-based wavefront according to the ocular model, determines an aberrometer-based wavefront according to the reflected aberrometer light, ascertains a deviation between the OCT-based wavefront and the aberrometer-based wavefront, and evaluates measurements from one or more of the measuring devices according to the deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Daniil Nekrassov, George Hunter Pettit, Martin Gründig, Mark Andrew Zielke, John Alfred Campin
  • Patent number: 12207871
    Abstract: An ophthalmic system for generating an ocular model of an eye includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device, an aberrometer, and a computer. The OCT device detects OCT light reflected from the eye. The aberrometer detects aberrometer light reflected from the eye. The computer generates the ocular model of the eye according to the reflected OCT light. The ocular model includes parameters describing the eye. The parameters include lens parameters that describe the lens of the eye. The computer determines an OCT-based wavefront according to the ocular model, determines an aberrometer-based wavefront according to the reflected aberrometer light, and compares the OCT-based and the aberrometer-based wavefronts. If the wavefronts differ beyond a predefined tolerance, the computer adjusts one or more values assigned to the parameters until the wavefronts satisfy the predefined tolerance. At least one adjusted value is assigned to a lens parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: George Hunter Pettit, Daniil Nekrassov, Peter Zieger, Martin Gründig, Horia Grecu, Mark Andrew Zielke, John Alfred Campin
  • Patent number: 12207874
    Abstract: An ophthalmic system for measuring an eye comprises measuring devices and a computer. The measuring devices comprise an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device and an aberrometer. The OCT device directs OCT light towards the eye, and detects the OCT light reflected from the eye to measure the eye. The aberrometer directs aberrometer light towards the eye, and detects the aberrometer light reflected from the eye to measure the eye. The computer generates an ocular model of the eye according to the reflected OCT light. The ocular model comprises parameters for the eye, where each parameter is assigned a value. The computer determines an OCT-based wavefront according to the ocular model, determines an aberrometer-based wavefront according to the reflected aberrometer light, ascertains a deviation between the OCT-based wavefront and the aberrometer-based wavefront, and evaluates measurements from one or more of the measuring devices according to the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Daniil Nekrassov, George Hunter Pettit, Martin Gründig, Mark Andrew Zielke, John Alfred Campin
  • Publication number: 20250009223
    Abstract: A method for assessing a lens capsule stability condition in an eye of a human patient includes directing electromagnetic energy in a predetermined spectrum onto a pupil of the eye, via an energy source, concurrently subsequent to a movement of the eye causing eye saccades to occur therein. The method also includes acquiring images of the eye indicative of the eye saccades using an image capture device, and computing, via the ECU, a motion curve of the lens capsule using the images. Additionally, the method includes extracting time-normalized lens capsule oscillation traces based on the motion curve via the ECU, and then model-fitting the lens capsule oscillation traces via the ECU to thereby assess the lens capsule instability condition. An automated system for performing an embodiment of the method is also disclosed herein, including the energy source, image capture device, and ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: John Alfred Campin, Martin Gründig, Armin Haupt, George Hunter Pettit, Mark Andrew Zielke
  • Publication number: 20240389851
    Abstract: A method of verifying ophthalmic measurements includes obtaining, via an ophthalmic measurement device, a first measurement of at least one ophthalmic parameter over a first measurement area. The first measurement area corresponds to an unassisted visible area of a patient's eye. A second measurement of the at least one ophthalmic parameter over a second measurement area is obtained via the measurement device. The second measurement area corresponds to an assisted visible area of the patient's eye. The first measurement is compared to the second measurement. It is determined if the second measurement diverges from the first measurement. Responsive to a determination that the second measurement diverges from the first measurement, an alert that the second measurement is inaccurate is generated. Responsive to a determination that the second measurement does not diverge from the first measurement, the second measurement is accepted as accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: John Alfred Campin, Martin Gruendig, Christopher Sean Mudd, George Hunter Pettit, Peter Zieger
  • Patent number: 12127933
    Abstract: Systems and methods for non-invasively assessing ciliary muscle accommodative potential in phakic eyes may include receiving a plurality of signals generated by a plurality of bipolar electrodes during a ciliary muscle assessment procedure, each of the plurality of signals indicating an electrical field associated with a patient's ciliary muscle, and analyzing the signals to evaluate the patient's ciliary muscle accommodative potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: John Alfred Campin, Kevin Liedel, George Hunter Pettit
  • Patent number: 12089894
    Abstract: A system for predicting post-operative vignetting in an eye of a subject includes a controller having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The controller is in communication with a diagnostic module adapted to store pre-operative anatomic data of the eye as an eye model. The system includes a projection module and a ray tracing module selectively executable by the controller. The projection module is adapted to determine imputed post-operative variables of the eye based at least partially on the pre-operative anatomic data and the intraocular lens. The ray tracing module is adapted to calculate propagation of light through the eye. The ray tracing module is executed to determine a light distribution for respective visual field angles across a predefined field of view. The controller is configured to determine one or more post-operative vignetting parameters based at least partially on the light distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: George Hunter Pettit, Mark Andrew Zielke, Victor Manuel Hernandez, Philip Matthew McCulloch
  • Patent number: 12076085
    Abstract: A method of verifying ophthalmic measurements includes obtaining, via an ophthalmic measurement device, a first measurement of at least one ophthalmic parameter over a first measurement area. The first measurement area corresponds to an unassisted visible area of a patient's eye. A second measurement of the at least one ophthalmic parameter over a second measurement area is obtained via the measurement device. The second measurement area corresponds to an assisted visible area of the patient's eye. The first measurement is compared to the second measurement. It is determined if the second measurement diverges from the first measurement. Responsive to a determination that the second measurement diverges from the first measurement, an alert that the second measurement is inaccurate is generated. Responsive to a determination that the second measurement does not diverge from the first measurement, the second measurement is accepted as accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: John Alfred Campin, Martin Gruendig, Christopher Sean Mudd, George Hunter Pettit, Peter Zieger
  • Patent number: 12070270
    Abstract: A method for assessing a lens capsule stability condition in an eye of a human patient includes directing electromagnetic energy in a predetermined spectrum onto a pupil of the eye, via an energy source, concurrently subsequent to a movement of the eye causing eye saccades to occur therein. The method also includes acquiring images of the eye indicative of the eye saccades using an image capture device, and computing, via the ECU, a motion curve of the lens capsule using the images. Additionally, the method includes extracting time-normalized lens capsule oscillation traces based on the motion curve via the ECU, and then model-fitting the lens capsule oscillation traces via the ECU to thereby assess the lens capsule instability condition. An automated system for performing an embodiment of the method is also disclosed herein, including the energy source, image capture device, and ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: John Alfred Campin, Martin Gründig, Armin Haupt, George Hunter Pettit, Mark Andrew Zielke
  • Publication number: 20230133327
    Abstract: Particular embodiments disclosed herein provide an apparatus and corresponding methods for guiding ophthalmic surgery and enabling a surgeon to switch, after initiating surgery, between a primary treatment plan and one or more backup plans. Switching between a first plan and a second plan may be performed while omitting presentation of steps of the second plan compatible with implemented steps of the first plan. A treatment plan may include guides imposed on a live video of an eye of the patient that has been registered with respect to a pre-operative image. When switching between plans, initiating registration with respect to the pre-operative image is omitted. A treatment plan may define steps for placement of an IOL such as incision, rhexis, LRI, crystalline lens removal, placement of an IOL, alignment of a toric IOL, and post-operative data collection. Upon switching between first and second, previously implemented compatible steps are omitted from presentation of the second plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias Jura Rapoport, Pooria Sharif Kashani, Carlos Gerena, Sang Yeop Lee, George Hunter Pettit, John Alfred Campin
  • Publication number: 20230125178
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a transposable intraocular lens (IOL), which includes a lens body, including a first lens portion having a first outer surface with a first radius of curvature, a second lens portion having a second outer surface with a second radius of curvature that is different from the first radius of curvature, and a central optic portion between the first lens portion and the second lens portion, and a haptic portion that is coupled to the lens body. The transposable IOL also includes a haptic portion configured to support the transposable IOL whether in a first orientation of implantation in a patient’s eye or in a transposed second orientation of implantation in the patient’s eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: George Hunter PETTIT
  • Publication number: 20230118254
    Abstract: A method of providing a rerouting decision is disclosed. The method includes receiving a flight plan route for a flight between a starting location and a destination location, confirming the flight plan route with an air traffic control system, said flight plan route being associated with a gate at the starting location, receiving at least one candidate reroute of the flight between the starting location and the destination location, and accepting the at least one candidate reroutes of the flight plan prior to leaving the gate at the starting location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Cornelius George Hunter
  • Publication number: 20230053158
    Abstract: A system for exploiting a transmitted signal from an aircraft or drone to determine parameters of the aircraft or drone's motion. The system includes at least one antenna for receiving the transmitted signal from the aircraft, and an analysis system for analyzing the transmitted signal as compared with stored characteristic anomalies associated with any of the aircraft or drone, and the at least one antenna, for confirming parameters of the aircraft or drone's motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventor: Cornelius George Hunter
  • Publication number: 20230031527
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an ophthalmic measurement device. The device comprises one or more ophthalmic measurement features, configured to generate a measurement for an anatomical characteristic of an eye of a patient, and a user interface, configured to enable a medical practitioner to interact with the ophthalmic measurement device and a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Pooria Sharif Kashani, George Hunter Pettit, Brant Gillen
  • Publication number: 20230008122
    Abstract: A system for selecting a preferred intraocular lens for implantation into an eye includes a controller having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory. The controller is configured to obtain diagnostic data of the eye, and obtain historical data composed of historical sets of patient data. The controller is configured to analyze individual risk factors based on the diagnostic data and obtain a weighted combination of the individual risk factors. A respective satisfaction metric for the plurality of intraocular lenses is generated based on the historical data. A preferred intraocular lens may be selected based in part on the respective satisfaction metric and the weighted combination. A visual simulation for each of the plurality of intraocular lenses may be performed, based in part on the diagnostic data. The visual simulation may incorporate an impact of the tear film data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: John Alfred Campin, Martin Gründig, Victor Manuel Hernandez, George Hunter Pettit, Mark Andrew Zielke, Daniil Nekrassov
  • Publication number: 20230010561
    Abstract: An ophthalmic system for analyzing data for a procedure includes a computer. The computer includes a memory, an interface device, and one or more processors that execute software. The memory stores procedure information for the procedure, and the interface device receives input and provide output. The one or more processors identify information from the procedure information that is crucial for the procedure, determine one or more recommendations to address the crucial information, and provide the crucial information and the one or more recommendations via the interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Judith Durá Díez, Horia Grecu, John Alfred Campin, George Hunter Pettit, Malgorzata Lukasik, Peter Zieger
  • Publication number: 20220331092
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for performing surgical ophthalmic procedures, such as cataract surgeries. An example method generally includes generating, using one or more measurement devices, one or more data points associated with measurements of one or more anatomical parameters for an eye to be treated. Using one or more trained machine learning models, one or more recommendations are generated including one or more IOL parameters for the IOL to be used in the cataract surgery based, at least in part, on the one or more data points. The machine learning models are trained based on at least one historical data set of data points associated with measurements of anatomical parameters mapped to treatment data and treatment result data associated with each historical patient. The one or more IOL parameters comprise one or more of an IOL type, an IOL power, or IOL placement information for implanting the IOL in the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: John Alfred Campin, Horia Grecu, George Hunter Pettit, Mark Andrew Zielke, Peter Zieger
  • Patent number: D983842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: George Hunter