Patents by Inventor Kuang-Mon Ashley Tuan

Kuang-Mon Ashley Tuan 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: 8894202
    Abstract: Multifocal contact lenses and methods and uses are described. The multifocal contact lenses include an optic zone. The optic zone has an aspheric power profile that provides a near vision refractive power and a distance vision refractive power, and provides an Add power that corresponds to the difference between the near vision refractive power and the distance vision refractive power. The multifocal contact lenses can improve binocular vision of presbyopic subjects by being prescribed such that the non-dominant eye contact lens is over-corrected for distance vision, and both multifocal contact lenses are under-corrected for the Add power requirement of the subject. Batches and sets of multifocal contact lenses are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Arthur Back, Kuang-mon Ashley Tuan
  • Patent number: 8876287
    Abstract: Ophthalmic lenses provide clear visual acuity and present a myopic defocused image to the lens wearer at both near and distant viewing distances. The present lenses are used in methods to reduce ocular accommodative error in lens wearers. Methods of manufacturing the present lenses are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: CooperVision International Holdings Company, LP
    Inventors: Arthur Back, Kuang-mon Ashley Tuan
  • Publication number: 20130201443
    Abstract: Multifocal contact lenses and methods and uses are described. The multifocal contact lenses include an optic zone. The optic zone has an aspheric power profile that provides a near vision refractive power and a distance vision refractive power, and provides an Add power that corresponds to the difference between the near vision refractive power and the distance vision refractive power. The multifocal contact lenses can improve binocular vision of presbyopic subjects by being prescribed such that the non-dominant eye contact lens is over-corrected for distance vision, and both multifocal contact lenses are under-corrected for the Add power requirement of the subject. Batches and sets of multifocal contact lenses are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY, LP
    Inventors: Arthur Back, Kuang-mon Ashley Tuan
  • Publication number: 20120176582
    Abstract: Ophthalmic lenses provide clear visual acuity and present a myopic defocused image to the lens wearer at both near and distant viewing distances. The present lenses are used in methods to reduce ocular accommodative error in lens wearers. Methods of manufacturing the present lenses are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY, LP
    Inventors: Arthur Back, Kuang-mon Ashley Tuan
  • Patent number: 7866819
    Abstract: Devices systems, and methods can measure, diagnose and/or characterize an eye of a patient, including physiologic and optical properties, such as hydration and tear volume in relation to an optical surface of the eye, including topography of a corneal surface of the eye and/or a wavefront elevation map of the eye. The system forms an image of a tear meniscus along an eyelid. The eye can be illuminated so that the meniscus appears as a dark band in the image. Tear volume can be determined by measuring a height across the tear meniscus. The tear volume can be used to determine the optical properties of the tear of the eye and to diagnose conditions of the eye. The patient can be screened for treatment of the eye with refractive surgery using a measured pupil size, hydration and topography and/or wavefront.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC.
    Inventor: Kuang-Mon Ashley Tuan
  • Publication number: 20090247999
    Abstract: System, graphical user interface, and method for performing ophthalmic surgery on a cornea. The system includes a display presenting a plurality of images representing corneal implants, a laser assembly outputting a pulsed laser beam, and a control unit coupled to the laser assembly and display. The control unit directs the laser assembly to produce a cavity in the cornea via the pulsed laser beam in response to a selected image, and the cavity receives a corneal implant corresponding to the selected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: AMO DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Kuang-mon Ashley Tuan, Scott J. Catlin, Andrew Y. Pang
  • Publication number: 20090168019
    Abstract: Devices systems, and methods can measure, diagnose and/or characterize an eye of a patient, including physiologic and optical properties, such as hydration and tear volume in relation to an optical surface of the eye, including topography of a corneal surface of the eye and/or a wavefront elevation map of the eye. The system forms an image of a tear meniscus along an eyelid. The eye can be illuminated so that the meniscus appears as a dark band in the image. Tear volume can be determined by measuring a height across the tear meniscus. The tear volume can be used to determine the optical properties of the tear of the eye and to diagnose conditions of the eye. The patient can be screened for treatment of the eye with refractive surgery using a measured pupil size, hydration and topography and/or wavefront.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC
    Inventor: Kuang-Mon Ashley Tuan
  • Patent number: 7520609
    Abstract: Devices systems, and methods can measure, diagnose and/or characterize an eye of a patient, including physiologic and optical properties, such as hydration and tear volume in relation to an optical surface of the eye, including topography of a corneal surface of the eye and/or a wavefront elevation map of the eye. The system forms an image of a tear meniscus along an eyelid. The eye can be illuminated so that the meniscus appears as a dark band in the image. Tear volume can be determined by measuring a height across the tear meniscus. The tear volume can be used to determine the optical properties of the tear of the eye and to diagnose conditions of the eye. The patient can be screened for treatment of the eye with refractive surgery using a measured pupil size, hydration and topography and/or wavefront.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing LLC
    Inventor: Kuang-Mon Ashley Tuan