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).

  • Publication number: 20230043966
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
  • Publication number: 20220387212
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
  • Patent number: 11273075
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
  • Patent number: 11166850
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
  • Publication number: 20190060123
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
  • Patent number: 10085888
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
  • Publication number: 20180177631
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
  • Patent number: 9889043
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20160030244
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary B. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
  • Patent number: 9180051
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Lensar Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jr., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
  • Publication number: 20140066906
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, JR., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
  • Patent number: 7937859
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Inventor: George R. Downes
  • Publication number: 20100004641
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, JR., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
  • Patent number: 5632742
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Autonomous Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, John E. McWhirter, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5442412
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Autonomous Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, George R. Downes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5052801
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: Damocles Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Downes, Jr., Peter T. Dorman