Patents by Inventor Ingrid Hilger

Ingrid Hilger 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 and device for detecting deposits in the eye
    Patent number: 9320436
    Abstract: A method and devices for detecting deposits, in particular amyloid plaques, in the eye, in particular in the human eye. The subject is an optical method for detecting deposits, in particular ?-amyloid, in the retina, which is locally resolved and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina. The invention includes a device for optically detecting ?-amyloid in the retina, which generates a locally resolved image of the retina and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Christoph Russmann, Martin Hacker, Manfred Dick, Ingrid Hilger, Werner A. Kaiser
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DEPOSITS IN THE EYE
    Publication number: 20120229766
    Abstract: A method and devices for detecting deposits, in particular amyloid plaques, in the eye, in particular in the human eye. The subject is an optical method for detecting deposits, in particular ?-amyloid, in the retina, which is locally resolved and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina. The invention includes a device for optically detecting ?-amyloid in the retina, which generates a locally resolved image of the retina and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Christoph Russmann, Martin Hacker, Manfred Dick, Ingrid Hilger, Werner A. Kaiser