Patents by Inventor Herbert Schwind

Herbert Schwind 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).

  • Device for corneal surgery
    Patent number: 5779723
    Abstract: A device for corneal surgery includes an oscillating blade which, during a cutting process, separates a corneal lamella. The movement of the blade is stopped at a certain place so that the separated corneal lamella remains attached by a tissue hinge to the corneal tissue which has remained on the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Herbert Schwind GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Herbert Schwind
  • Bifocal contact lens of the bivisual type
    Patent number: 4618228
    Abstract: A bifocal contact lens has two, differently-focusing lens parts with a transitional zone therebetween and an arrangement to orient the zone vertically in use. The focus of the lens part then closer to user's nose is preferably adapted for reading and the other for distance. Preferably, too, the transitional area runs across the optical and physical center of at least an optical portion of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Titmus Eurocon Kontaktlinsen GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Baron, Peter Hoefer, Herbert Schwind