Patents by Inventor Hidenobu Nagai

Hidenobu Nagai 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: 6428572
    Abstract: It is an intraocular ring of open ring shape when inserting, so that it can be inserted from a small incision, and after being inserted into the capsule, by engaging the engaging mechanisms having mutually complementary male and female structures provided at ends of the intraocular ring, the intraocular ring having a nearly same compressive load as in closed ring is presented. Being made of an elastic material, it is an intraocular ring composed to contact with the entire inner circumference of the equatorial area in the capsule when inserted into the lenticular capsule, and engaging mechanisms are disposed at both ends in a partially cut-off state of the intraocular ring, and by engagement of the engaging mechanisms, a continuous ring shape without cut section is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidenobu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20010004708
    Abstract: It is an intraocular ring of open ring shape when inserting, so that it can be inserted from a small incision, and after being inserted into the capsule, by engaging the engaging mechanisms having mutually complementary male and female structures provided at ends of the intraocular ring, the intraocular ring having a nearly same compressive load as in closed ring is presented. Being made of an elastic material, it is an intraocular ring composed to contact with the entire inner circumference of the equatorial area in the capsule when inserted into the lenticular capsule, and engaging mechanisms are disposed at both ends in a partially cut-off state of the intraocular ring, and by engagement of the engaging mechanisms, a continuous ring shape without cut section is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: MENICON CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: HIDENOBU NAGAI
  • Patent number: 5275624
    Abstract: A device for inhibiting aftercataracts being made of a material having a resilient property and having substantially circular shape so as to internally contact an equator of a lenticular capsule. The device includes an aperture at a central portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hara, Takako Hara, Yoshiharu Yamada, Yuriko Mizumoto, Hidenobu Nagai