Patents by Inventor Kyle Webb

Kyle Webb 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: 10548717
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a lens body having a lens material and a mask having a mask material. The lens body can be secured to the mask. The mask material can include a modulus of elasticity that is greater than or equal to a modulus of elasticity of the lens material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Kyle Webb, Daniel David Siems, Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, Bruce Arthur Christie
  • Patent number: 10519821
    Abstract: A valve system for an engine includes two cams each having a follower, a summation lever coupled to the followers, a lash adjuster, a valve actuating rocker pivotably coupled to the summation lever and resting on the lash adjuster, a control spring urging the summation lever to compress the lash adjuster, a stop limiting an expansion of the control spring, a bore, a plunger which moves in the bore, and an abutment surface. The control spring acts on the summation lever via the plunger. A plunger end engages with the summation lever. A point of contact between the plunger and the summation lever is displaced in a direction transverse to a plunger axis during a pivoting movement of the summation lever. A plunger shoulder is arranged a distance from the plunger end to contact the abutment surface to limit a plunger displacement in a direction compressing the lash adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MECHADYNE INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Methley, Timothy Mark Lancefield, Mark Walton, Kyle Webb
  • Publication number: 20190360369
    Abstract: A valve system for an engine includes two cams each having a follower, a summation lever coupled to the followers, a lash adjuster, a valve actuating rocker pivotably coupled to the summation lever and resting on the lash adjuster, a control spring urging the summation lever to compress the lash adjuster, a stop limiting an expansion of the control spring, a bore, a plunger which moves in the bore, and an abutment surface. The control spring acts on the summation lever via the plunger. A plunger end engages with the summation lever. A point of contact between the plunger and the summation lever is displaced in a direction transverse to a plunger axis during a pivoting movement of the summation lever. A plunger shoulder is arranged a distance from the plunger end to contact the abutment surface to limit a plunger displacement in a direction compressing the lash adjuster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: MECHADYNE INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: IAN METHLEY, TIMOTHY MARK LANCEFIELD, MARK WALTON, KYLE WEBB
  • Publication number: 20190315081
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, R. Kyle Webb
  • Publication number: 20190076235
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are disclosed. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include filling an annular mask-forming trough with an opaque mask material and adding an optically transmissive optic material over the opaque mask material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: R. Kyle Webb, Nicholas Tarantino, Daniel David Siems
  • Patent number: 10183453
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, R. Kyle Webb
  • Publication number: 20180338826
    Abstract: An intraocular lens is provided that includes a refractive element and a mask. The refractive element has a first power in a first meridian and a second power greater than the first power in a second meridian. A magnitude of the first and second powers and a location of the first and second meridians are configured to correct astigmatism in a human eye. The mask is configured to block a substantial portion of light from passing through an annular region thereof and to permit a substantial portion of light to pass through a central aperture thereof to enhance an astigmatism correction rotational misplacement range and depth of focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: William J. Link, R. Kyle Webb
  • Publication number: 20180296322
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a lens body having a lens material and a mask having a mask material. The lens body can be secured to the mask. The mask material can include a modulus of elasticity that is greater than or equal to a modulus of elasticity of the lens material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: R. Kyle Webb, Daniel David Siems, Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, Bruce Arthur Christie
  • Patent number: 10004593
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a lens body having a lens material and a mask having a mask material. The lens body can be secured to the mask. The mask material can include a modulus of elasticity that is greater than or equal to a modulus of elasticity of the lens material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Kyle Webb, Daniel David Siems, Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, Bruce Arthur Christie
  • Publication number: 20180133990
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, R. Kyle Webb
  • Patent number: 9943403
    Abstract: A fracturable mask for treating presbyopia is disclosed. The fracturable mask can include an aperture for improving depth of focus. The fracturable mask can be embedded in an intraocular lens. The intraocular lens can include a lens body and the fracturable mask. The fracturable mask can be configured to fracture along a plurality of fracture pathways when the intraocular lens is manipulated. For example, fractures can be created in the mask during the process of injecting the intraocular lens through a cartridge tip into a patient's eye. The fractures can allow the resilient lens body to restore the fractured mask to its original, pre-injection optical performance specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Kyle Webb, Daniel David Siems
  • Patent number: 9844919
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, R. Kyle Webb
  • Publication number: 20170144392
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, R. Kyle Webb
  • Patent number: 9573328
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, R. Kyle Webb
  • Patent number: 9427922
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: AcuFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, R. Kyle Webb
  • Publication number: 20160229134
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, R. Kyle Webb
  • Publication number: 20160135947
    Abstract: A fracturable mask for treating presbyopia is disclosed. The fracturable mask can include an aperture for improving depth of focus. The fracturable mask can be embedded in an intraocular lens. The intraocular lens can include a lens body and the fracturable mask. The fracturable mask can be configured to fracture along a plurality of fracture pathways when the intraocular lens is manipulated. For example, fractures can be created in the mask during the process of injecting the intraocular lens through a cartridge tip into a patient's eye. The fractures can allow the resilient lens body to restore the fractured mask to its original, pre-injection optical performance specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: R. Kyle Webb, Daniel David Siems
  • Publication number: 20150073549
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a lens body having a lens material and a mask having a mask material. The lens body can be secured to the mask. The mask material can include a modulus of elasticity that is greater than or equal to a modulus of elasticity of the lens material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: R. Kyle Webb, Daniel David Siems, Adam C. Reboul, Patrick H. Benz, Bruce Arthur Christie
  • Publication number: 20140131905
    Abstract: Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of making the intraocular implant can include suspending the mask along an optical axis of the intraocular implant using a centration tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Kyle Webb
  • Publication number: 20120203239
    Abstract: This application describes apparatuses and techniques for identifying and marking a position corresponding to the intersection of a patient's line of sight with the anterior surface of the human cornea to aid centration of an ocular implant. The apparatus can include a first optical subsystem configured to project a first light through an aperture and along an instrument axis such that the patient will observe an annulus around a disc when the patient's visual axis is substantially collinear with the instrument axis and the patient will not observe the annulus when the visual axis is not substantially collinear with the instrument axis. The apparatus may also include a second optical subsystem configured to project a second light along the instrument axis such that the second light appears to a clinician to be an annulus around the first light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: ACUFOCUS,INC.
    Inventors: John Allan Vukich, Kyle Webb