Patents by Inventor Kurt Heiberger

Kurt Heiberger 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: 9326673
    Abstract: A diagnostic device detects a layer boundary which facilitates the determination of layer thicknesses in the human eye. The device has a light source with a beam path which is designed to guide at least one measuring beam of the light source from the object plane of the light source into an intersecting region of the measuring beam with an optical axis in the eye, and an actuator designed to move the intersecting region along the optical axis. The beam path guides the measuring beam from a layer boundary into the sensor unit. An evaluation unit is designed to estimate and/or determine a layer thickness between a first and a second layer boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Kurt Heiberger, Andreas Schnalke
  • Publication number: 20140088573
    Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to provide a projector device and a medical device with said projector device, said devices facilitating an improved projection of a two-dimensional pattern onto a plane in an optical body, in particular in an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: EYESIGHT & VISION GMBH
    Inventors: Kurt Heiberger, Andreas Schnalke
  • Publication number: 20140081247
    Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to provide a projector device and a medical device with said projector device, said projector device facilitating an improved measurement of the local refractive power of an optical body, in particular an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: EYESIGHT & VISION GMBH
    Inventors: Kurt Heiberger, Andreas Schnalke
  • Publication number: 20130135585
    Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to propose a diagnostic device for detecting a layer boundary which facilitates the determination of layer thicknesses in the human eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Kurt Heiberger, Andreas Schnalke
  • Patent number: 8130450
    Abstract: A liquid lens system comprises a liquid drop 10 whose shape can be influenced by electrical fields. A plurality of electrodes are arranged annularly around the liquid drop. The liquid lens system may be employed in an artificial eye, an accommodation measuring instrument and a dioptric telescope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Wavelight AG
    Inventors: Volker Gotzinger, Andreas Schnalke, Arthur Michling, Kurt Heiberger
  • Publication number: 20110149242
    Abstract: A liquid lens system comprises a liquid drop 10 whose shape can be influenced by electrical fields. A plurality of electrodes are arranged annularly around the liquid drop. The liquid lens system may be employed in an artificial eye, an accommodation measuring instrument and a dioptric telescope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: WAVELIGHT GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Götzinger, Andreas Schnalke, Arthur Michling, Kurt Heiberger
  • Patent number: 7855839
    Abstract: A liquid lens system comprises a liquid drop 10 whose shape can be influenced by electrical fields. A plurality of electrodes are arranged annularly around the liquid drop. The liquid lens system may be employed in an artificial eye, an accommodation measuring instrument and a dioptric telescope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Wavelight AG
    Inventors: Volker Götzinger, Andreas Schnalke, Arthur Michling, Kurt Heiberger
  • Patent number: 7686450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring imaging errors in the human eye, wherein substantial scanning of the lens of the eye with a light beam or laser diode determines the measuring accuracy of local refractive power. Measuring accuracy of locally dependent refractive power is achieved by a two-dimensionally refractable tilting mirror which is embodied in the form of a microscanner mirror with the aid of a piezomotor for positioning and by electrically controllable liquid lenses. As a result, it is possible to manufacture the measuring device as small as possible, enabling it to be integrated in to a processing laser in order to monitor the result of treatment with a laser during individual adaptation of contact lenses, intraocular lenses or surgical correction of the retina in situ and to calculate data of a required correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Kurt Heiberger
  • Publication number: 20090128777
    Abstract: A liquid lens system comprises a liquid drop 10 whose shape can be influenced by electrical fields. A plurality of electrodes are arranged annularly around the liquid drop. The liquid lens system may be employed in an artificial eye, an accommodation measuring instrument and a dioptric telescope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Wavelight AG
    Inventors: Volker Gotzinger, Andreas Schnalke, Arthur Michling, Kurt Heiberger
  • Publication number: 20080165320
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring imaging errors in the human eye, wherein substantial scanning of the lens of the eye with a light beam or laser diode determines the measuring accuracy of local refractive power. Measuring accuracy of locally dependent refractive power is achieved by a two-dimensionally refractable tilting mirror which is embodied in the form of a microscanner mirror with the aid of a piezomotor for positioning and by electrically controllable liquid lenses. As a result, it is possible to manufacture the measuring device as small as possible, enabling it to be integrated in to a processing laser in order to monitor the result of treatment with a laser during individual adaptation of contact lenses, intraocular lenses or surgical correction of the retina in situ and to calculate data of a required correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventor: Kurt Heiberger