Patents by Inventor Hendrick Albert Weeber

Hendrick Albert Weeber 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).

  • Method of implanting an intraocular lens
    Patent number: 8734463
    Abstract: A method for implanting an intraocular lens into the eye of a subject includes placing the intraocular lens into the eye of a subject and administering a drug in an amount sufficient to maintain an accommodative state of the eye. The method further includes permitting at least a portion of the intraocular lens to become coupled to at least a portion of the eye while maintaining the eye in the accommodative state. In certain embodiments, the method may include forming an intraocular lens while maintaining an accommodative state of the eye. In such embodiments, the method may exclude permitting at least a portion of the intraocular lens to become coupled to at least a portion of the capsular bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Methods of implanting an intraocular lens
    Patent number: 7156101
    Abstract: A method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant includes replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Methods of implanting an intraocular lens
    Publication number: 20040034415
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Methods of implanting an intraocular lens
    Patent number: 6598606
    Abstract: The vision of an eye having an impaired lens is stored with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmacia Groningen BV
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Methods of implanting an intraocular lens
    Publication number: 20020035399
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers