Patents by Inventor Gerrit N. Porter

Gerrit N. Porter 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).

  • Liquid filled index matching device for ophthalmic laser procedures
    Patent number: 8500723
    Abstract: There is provided a device for use as an interface between a laser surgery device and the eye of a patient. The device is filled with a liquid that matches the index of refraction of the eye. The device further has a curved lens that follows the curvature of the outer surface of the patient's eye. In this manner the interface device, through which the laser beam must travel, has essentially the same index of refraction as the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: LensAR, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Steven E. Bott, Gerrit N. Porter
  • LIQUID HOLDING INTERFACE DEVICE FOR OPHTHALMIC LASER PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20110022035
    Abstract: There is provided a self-adjusting interface device for use with laser surgery devices. The device may be filled with a liquid that matches the index of refraction of the cornea of the eye. The device has the ability to adjust to varying curvatures of the eye and is configured so that when attached to the eye the laser surgery device will be able to deliver a therapeutic laser beam to the limbus region of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Gerrit N. Porter, Rudolph W. Frey, Steven E. Bott, Richard Ty Olmstead, Theodora Jane Bunch
  • LIQUID FILLED INDEX MATCHING DEVICE FOR OPHTHALMIC LASER PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20100022994
    Abstract: There is provided a device for use as an interface between a laser surgery device and the eye of a patient. The device is filled with a liquid that matches the index of refraction of the eye. The device further has a curved lens that follows the curvature of the outer surface of the patient's eye. In this manner the interface device, through which the laser beam must travel, has essentially the same index of refraction as the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Steven E. Bott, Gerrit N. Porter
  • Laser system for treatment of the eye
    Patent number: D694890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: LensAR, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Bott, Rudolph W. Frey, Gerrit N. Porter, Scott Howard Wakefield, William D. Chura
  • Laser system for treatment of the eye
    Patent number: D695408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: LensAR, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Bott, Rudolph W. Frey, Gerrit N. Porter, Scott Howard Wakefield, William D. Chura