Patents by Inventor Gilbert L. Weatherly

Gilbert L. Weatherly 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).

  • Lens folding block
    Patent number: 4911158
    Abstract: A centrally apertured vertically slidable pedestal supports a foldable intraocular lens implant in predetermined orientation. A blade tipped arm, axially oriented with respect to the pedestal, is protrudable from within the pedestal in diametric orientation with the supported intraocular lens implant upon downward movement of the pedestal. By contacting diametrically opposed sides of the intraocular lens implant with the jaws of forceps followed by downward movement of the pedestal to protrude the blade tip of the arm, the intraocular lens implant becomes folded within the grasp of the forceps and ready for implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: SKIA International Incorporated
    Inventor: Gilbert L. Weatherly