Patents by Inventor George R. Downes
George R. Downes 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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Publication number: 20230043966Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Publication number: 20220387212Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Patent number: 11273075Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Patent number: 11166850Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Publication number: 20190060123Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Patent number: 10085888Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Publication number: 20180177631Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Patent number: 9889043Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jr., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Publication number: 20160030244Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary B. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Patent number: 9180051Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Lensar Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jr., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Publication number: 20140066906Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2008Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, JR., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Patent number: 7937859Abstract: A wheeled load transfer device has a load carrying member, a handle assembly and a pair of wheels optionally connected to a distal end of the handles and preferably offset below the plane of the handles. The load carrying member includes opposing side portions, a bottom portion. The load carrying member is rotatable between a first loading position which is preferably parallel to the ground and a second load transporting position which is inclined to the ground to better retain the load. The load carrying member can be rotated to different positions to scoop, transport and dump the load.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Inventor: George R. Downes
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Publication number: 20100004641Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2008Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, JR., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Patent number: 5632742Abstract: A method and system are provided for sensing eye movement, such as saccadic eye movement, in a non-intrusive fashion. An optical delivery arrangement converts a laser beam pulse into a plurality of light spots. The light spots are focused such that they are incident on a corresponding plurality of positions located on a boundary whose movement is coincident with that of eye movement. The boundary can be defined by two visually adjoining surfaces having different coefficients of reflection. Energy is reflected from each of the positions located on the boundary receiving the light spots. An optical receiving arrangement detects the reflected energy from each of the positions. Changes in reflected energy at one or more of the positions is indicative of eye movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1994Date of Patent: May 27, 1997Assignee: Autonomous Technologies Corp.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, John E. McWhirter, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jr.
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Patent number: 5442412Abstract: A biofeedback method and system provide eye position feedback to a patient. A first light source produces a ring of visible light centered about an optical axis at a perceived first position. A second light source produces a dot of visible light centered on the same optical axis as that of the ring at a perceived second position. As perceived by the eye, the ring's first position is closer to the eye than the dot's second position. The eye will further perceive the dot as being centered in the ring when the eye moves its visual axis into spatial and angular alignment with the optical axis shared by the dot and ring. An eye movement sensor detects a quantifiable amount of eye movement to generate an error signal. The error signal is supplied to the second light source to adjust the dot's appearance whenever the patient needs to realign the eye's visual axis with the optical axis of the dot and the ring.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1994Date of Patent: August 15, 1995Assignee: Autonomous Technologies Corp.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, George R. Downes, Jr.
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Patent number: 5052801Abstract: A weapon sight assembly comprising a combined telescope 2 and laser unit 1 through which the user can view both a target and a laser light spot generated by the laser unit 1 on a target at the same time. A rhomb assembly housing 6 to direct the laser light into the side of the telescope 2 behind the objective lens 3 of the telescope 2. The emitted laser light beam is reflected by means of the rhomb assembly 6, which combines the laser light with the optical axis 22 of the sighting telescope 2, thereby eliminating the problem of parallax between the optical axis of the telescope and the emitted laser light beam. The entire weapon sight assembly is then mounted in a ring base attached to the weapon, said ring base being fully adjustable for windage and elevation.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1989Date of Patent: October 1, 1991Assignee: Damocles Engineering, Inc.Inventors: George R. Downes, Jr., Peter T. Dorman