Patents by Inventor Greg Kintz

Greg Kintz 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: 11642242
    Abstract: Devices and methods for use in laser-assisted surgery, particularly cataract surgery. Specifically, the use of an optical fiber with a proximal and distal end, wherein the distal end has a non-orthogonal angle with the diameter of the optical fiber, to create an off-axis steam bubble for cutting and removing tissue in an operative region. Where the optical fiber is bent, rotating the fiber creates a circular cutting path for the steam bubble, allowing access to tissues that may normally be blocked by obstructions and obstacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Kintz
  • Publication number: 20200360183
    Abstract: Systems and processes for facilitating the removal of material with a robotically assisted tool with laser, irrigation capabilities, aspiration capabilities. Tool guidance systems that make use of vision technologies, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), white light imaging, and structured light imaging. Emulsification patterns optimized to minimize risk to the patient and reduce procedure time. Robotic tools with articulation capabilities that allow for precise control during capsulorhexis and emulsification procedures. Robotic instrument drive mechanisms combined with pumps, flow meters, and valves regulate and control irrigation and aspiration functionalities during robotic ophthalmologic procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffery B. Alvarez, Greg Kintz, David Mintz, Serena Wong
  • Patent number: 10744035
    Abstract: Systems and processes for facilitating the removal of cataract material with a robotically assisted tool with laser, irrigation capabilities, aspiration capabilities. Tool guidance systems that make use of vision technologies, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), white light imaging, and structured light imaging. Emulsification patterns optimized to minimize risk to the patient and reduce procedure time. Robotic tools with articulation capabilities that allow for precise control during capsulorhexis and emulsification procedures. Robotic instrument drive mechanisms combined with pumps, flow meters, and valves regulate and control irrigation and aspiration functionalities during robotic ophthalmologic procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery B. Alvarez, Greg Kintz, David Mintz, Serena Wong
  • Publication number: 20200121502
    Abstract: Devices and methods for use in laser-assisted surgery, particularly cataract surgery. Specifically, the use of an optical fiber with a proximal and distal end, wherein the distal end has a non-orthogonal angle with the diameter of the optical fiber, to create an off-axis steam bubble for cutting and removing tissue in an operative region. Where the optical fiber is bent, rotating the fiber creates a circular cutting path for the steam bubble, allowing access to tissues that may normally be blocked by obstructions and obstacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Greg Kintz
  • Patent number: 10426661
    Abstract: Devices and methods for use in laser-assisted surgery, particularly cataract surgery. Specifically, the use of an optical fiber with a proximal and distal end, wherein the distal end has a non-orthogonal angle with the diameter of the optical fiber, to create an off-axis steam bubble for cutting and removing tissue in an operative region. Where the optical fiber is bent, rotating the fiber creates a circular cutting path for the steam bubble, allowing access to tissues that may normally be blocked by obstructions and obstacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Kintz
  • Publication number: 20190242816
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed herein for providing a sensing reservoir having one or more sensors integrated with the reservoir for measuring one or more properties of the fluid contained in the reservoir. The sensing reservoir may comprise one or more sensors configured to measure an amount of the fluid contained in the reservoir, an optical property of the fluid contained inside the reservoir, and/or a conductivity of the fluid contained inside the reservoir. The various properties or characteristics of the fluid contained in the reservoir, as determined by the one or more fluid sensors as disclosed herein, may be used to derive information about the composition or nutritional value of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Arlie Conner, Jeffery B. Alvarez, Nathaniel Gaskin, Greg Kintz, Kris Hoglund
  • Publication number: 20150051592
    Abstract: Devices and methods for use in laser-assisted surgery, particularly cataract surgery. Specifically, the use of an optical fiber with a proximal and distal end, wherein the distal end has a non-orthogonal angle with the diameter of the optical fiber, to create an off-axis steam bubble for cutting and removing tissue in an operative region. Where the optical fiber is bent, rotating the fiber creates a circular cutting path for the steam bubble, allowing access to tissues that may normally be blocked by obstructions and obstacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Greg Kintz
  • Publication number: 20140364870
    Abstract: Systems and processes for facilitating the removal of cataract material with a robotically assisted tool with laser, irrigation capabilities, aspiration capabilities. Tool guidance systems that make use of vision technologies, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), white light imaging, and structured light imaging. Emulsification patterns optimized to minimize risk to the patient and reduce procedure time. Robotic tools with articulation capabilities that allow for precise control during capsulorhexis and emulsification procedures. Robotic instrument drive mechanisms combined with pumps, flow meters, and valves regulate and control irrigation and aspiration functionalities during robotic ophthalmologic procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffery B. Alvarez, Greg Kintz, David Mintz, Serena Wong
  • Patent number: 8303866
    Abstract: A micro-optical element includes a support substrate, a micro-optical lens in a cured replication material on a first surface of the support substrate, and an opaque material aligned with and overlapping the micro-optical lens along a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation East
    Inventors: William Delaney, Paul Elliott, David Keller, William Hudson Welch, Greg Kintz, Frolian Pobre
  • Publication number: 20090034088
    Abstract: A micro-optical element includes a support substrate, a micro-optical lens in a cured replication material on a first surface of the support substrate, and an opaque material aligned with and overlapping the micro-optical lens along a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: William Delaney, Paul Elliott, David Keller, William Hudson Welch, Greg Kintz, Frolian Pobre
  • Publication number: 20080136956
    Abstract: A camera system may include an optics stack including first and second substrates secured together in a stacking direction, one of the first and seconds substrates including an optical element, a detector on a sensor substrate, and a feature reducing an amount of light entering at an angle greater than a field of view of the camera system from reaching the detector, the feature being on another of the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: James Morris, Robert TeKolste, Hongtao Han, Greg Kintz, Paul Elliot, Jeff Classey, Katherine Morris, Michael Nystrom