Patents by Inventor Jorge A. De Castro
Jorge A. De Castro 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).
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Patent number: 12226347Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Publication number: 20230043966Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Publication number: 20220387212Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Patent number: 11273075Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Patent number: 11166850Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Publication number: 20190060123Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Patent number: 10085888Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Publication number: 20180177631Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Patent number: 9889043Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, Jr., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Publication number: 20160030244Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary B. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Patent number: 9180051Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Lensar Inc.Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Dennis R. Pape, George R. Downes, Jr., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak
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Publication number: 20140066906Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2008Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, JR., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Publication number: 20100004641Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided a range determining system for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2008Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: Rudolph W. Frey, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes, JR., Jorge A. De Castro, Jerome R. Kuszak, Richard Ty Olmstead
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Patent number: 7509882Abstract: The invention concerns a multiaxial universal testing machine, which allows evaluating the mechanical behavior and performance of materials with planar structures, such as fabrics, composites and laminates. The machine comprises 4 horizontal axes, each one with 2 arms, resulting in a final arrangement of 8 gripping jaws at 45°, displaceable along slide rails and moved by the action of 8 independent motors. The connection between a gripping jaw and its respective motor is assured by a linear actuator. The test specimen is fixed by the gripping jaws and can be subject to tensile, compression and fatigue testing, making possible the analysis of the materials behavior under simultaneous multi-directional loads.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2004Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Universidade do MinhoInventors: João Luís Marques Pereira Monteiro, Ana Maria Moreira Ferreira Da Rocha, Mário Filipe Araújo Goncalves Lima, Júlio Manuel de Sousa Barreiros Martins, Mário Duarte de Araújo, Carlos Alberto Caridade Monteiro Couto, Fernando Jorge De Castro Vieira Mendes
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Publication number: 20080034885Abstract: The invention concerns a multiaxial universal testing machine, which allows evaluating the mechanical behaviour and performance of materials with planar structures, such as fabrics, composites and laminates. The machine comprises 4 horizontal axes at 45°, with 8 gripping jaws displaceable along slide rails and moved by the action of 8 independent motors. The connection between a gripping jaw and its respective motor is assured by a linear actuator. The test specimen is fixed by the gripping jaws and can be subject to tensile, compression and fatigue testing, making possible the analysis of the materials behaviour under simultaneous multi-directional loads.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2004Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: Universidada Do Minho of Largo do PacoInventors: Joao Luis Marques Pereira Monteiro, Ana Maria Moreira Ferreira Da Rocha, Mario Filipe Araujo Goncalves Lima, Julio Manuel de Sousa Barreiros Martins, Mario Duare de Araujo, Carlos Alberto Caridade Monteiro Couto, Fernando Jorge De Castro Vieira Mendes
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Publication number: 20070173795Abstract: A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Rudolph Frey, Gary Gray, Dennis Pape, George Downes, Jorge De Castro, Jerome Kuszak