Patents by Inventor Lothar Müller

Lothar Müller 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: 11513331
    Abstract: A device for outcoupling a portion of the radiation of an observation beam path of a binocular eyepiece for documentation or co-observation that is freely selectable at any time. For the outcoupling, a rotatable supporting unit, the axis of rotation of which is parallel to the axes of the observation beam paths, is arranged in the housing having the binocular eyepiece. Three optical elements are arranged on this supporting unit such that an outer and the middle optical element and, after rotation of the supporting unit, the middle and the other outer optical element are each located in one of the observation beam paths. Here, the two outer optical elements have a beam-splitting effect and outcouple a portion of the observation radiation into a common documentation beam path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Ingo Koschmieder, Dietrich Martin, Günter Link, Lothar Müller
  • Publication number: 20220313422
    Abstract: An intraocular lens system for implantation in an eye is provided. The intraocular lens system includes a ciliary body implant having a passive ciliary signal element, the ciliary body implant being implantable in the eye such that the ciliary signal element provides a ciliary signal in response to a movement of the ciliary muscle of the eye. The intraocular lens system also includes an intraocular lens having a sensor element for receiving the ciliary signal. The ciliary body implant and the intraocular lens are formed separately from each other and the intraocular system is configured to control a refractive effect of the intraocular lens that is dependent on the ciliary signal received from the sensor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Buchheister, Peter Klopfleisch, Lothar Müller, Ralph Semmler, Enrico Geißler
  • Publication number: 20200301123
    Abstract: A device for outcoupling a portion of the radiation of an observation beam path of a binocular eyepiece for documentation or co-observation that is freely selectable at any time. For the outcoupling, a rotatable supporting unit, the axis of rotation of which is parallel to the axes of the observation beam paths, is arranged in the housing having the binocular eyepiece. Three optical elements are arranged on this supporting unit such that an outer and the middle optical element and, after rotation of the supporting unit, the middle and the other outer optical element are each located in one of the observation beam paths. Here, the two outer optical elements have a beam-splitting effect and outcouple a portion of the observation radiation into a common documentation beam path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Ingo KOSCHMIEDER, Dietrich MARTIN, Günter LINK, Lothar MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 10582852
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for fundus imaging are presented that use sequential selective illumination patterns to suppress unwanted reflections, scattering and haze from various optical components of a fundus-viewing instrument. This is particularly the case with those unwanted reflections produced by the objective lens contained within said instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bublitz, Lothar Müller, Andrea Berner
  • Publication number: 20180014727
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for fundus imaging are presented that use sequential selective illumination patterns to suppress unwanted reflections, scattering and haze from various optical components of a fundus-viewing instrument. This is particularly the case with those unwanted reflections produced by the objective lens contained within said instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel BUBLITZ, Lothar MÜLLER, Andrea BERNER
  • Patent number: 9504381
    Abstract: Combined equipment for non-contacting determination of axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (VKT) and corneal curvature (HHK) of the eye, are also important for the selection of the intraocular lens IOL to be implanted, particularly the selection of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted, preferably with fixation of the eye by means of a fixating lamp and/or illumination through light sources grouped eccentrically about the observation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Roland Barth, Roland Bergner, Lothar Mueller, Dietmar Steinmetz, Siegfried Schubert, Klaus-Ditmar Voigt, Frank Behrendt, Burkhard Dietzel, Axel Doering
  • Patent number: 8967806
    Abstract: A fundus camera for the recording of high-resolution color images of the fundus of non-dark-adapted eyes, and without the use of a mydriatic. The fundus camera has a strip-shaped pupil division, and includes a coherent or incoherent illumination source with illumination optics, a deflection mirror and an ophthalmoscope lens for illuminating the eye, detection optics and a detector for detecting the light reflected by the eye, and a control and evaluation unit. The deflection mirror has a strip shape, and the spatially resolving detector can be activated and read out in sectors. The control and evaluation unit connects the data read out in sectors in the form of a bright image from the detector and produce a resulting fundus image. The fundus camera records images of the fundus when the eyes are not dark-adapted for this purpose and no mydriatic has been used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bublitz, Lothar Müller, Uwe Mohrholz, Thomas Mohr, Frank Teige
  • Publication number: 20140375951
    Abstract: Combined equipment for non-contacting determination of axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (VKT) and corneal curvature (HHK) of the eye, are also important for the selection of the intraocular lens IOL to be implanted, particularly the selection of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted, preferably with fixation of the eye by means of a fixating lamp and/or illumination through light sources grouped eccentrically about the observation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Roland Barth, Roland Bergner, Lothar Mueller, Dietmar Steinmetz, Siegfried Schubert, Klaus-Ditmar Voigt, Frank Behrendt, Burkhard Dietzel, Axel Doering
  • Patent number: 8883510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining haemostasis parameters by measuring vibration parameters of a resonator having a measuring surface which contacts a platelet containing sample fluid. The invention is characterized by the analysis of the characteristic of a vibration parameter over time, based on which the platelet function will then be assessed and a distinction will be made between the presence of an adhesion disorder or that of an aggregation disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Andreas Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank K. Gehring, Hans Wendel, Stefan Sinn, Lothar Mueller
  • Patent number: 8764195
    Abstract: Combined equipment for non-contacting determination of axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (VKT) and corneal curvature (HHK) of the eye, are also important for the selection of the intraocular lens IOL to be implanted, particularly the selection of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted, preferably with fixation of the eye by means of a fixating lamp and/or illumination through light sources grouped eccentrically about the observation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Roland Barth, Roland Bergner, Lothar Mueller, Dietmar Steinmetz, Siegfried Schubert, Klaus-Ditmar Voigt, Frank Behrendt, Burkhard Dietzel, Axel Doering
  • Publication number: 20130222763
    Abstract: A fundus camera for the recording of high-resolution colour images of the fundus of non-dark-adapted eyes, and without the use of a mydriatic. The fundus camera has a strip-shaped pupil division, and includes a coherent or incoherent illumination source with illumination optics, a deflection mirror and an ophthalmoscope lens for illuminating the eye, detection optics and a detector for detecting the light reflected by the eye, and a control and evaluation unit. The deflection mirror has a strip shape, and the spatially resolving detector can be activated and read out in sectors. The control and evaluation unit connects the data read out in sectors in the form of a bright image from the detector and produce a resulting fundus image. The fundus camera records images of the fundus when the eyes are not dark-adapted for this purpose and no mydriatic has been used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bublitz, Lothar Müller, Uwe Mohrholz, Thomas Mohr, Frank Teige
  • Patent number: 8500276
    Abstract: Imaging optics for optical devices, with which reflections of the illumination light, which is guided through the same optical elements as the observation light, are kept from reaching the observation pupil of the imaging beam path. The non-reflective imaging optics include at least two refractive optical elements, which are utilized for illumination as well as observation. The at least two refractive optical elements are designed approximately wedge-shaped and are tilted at a random azimuth angle of at least 5° and/or are positioned off-center in the beam path to block out the single reflections of the illumination, occurring at the optical system surfaces, for the observation. The imaging optics are for optical devices, particularly in ophthalmology thought the invention is applicable to other ophthalmological devices as well as to optical devices outside of this field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Jan Buchheister, Lothar Müller, Marco Pretorius
  • Publication number: 20120287399
    Abstract: Combined equipment for non-contacting determination of axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (VKT) and corneal curvature (HHK) of the eye, are also important for the selection of the intraocular lens IOL to be implanted, particularly the selection of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted, preferably with fixation of the eye by means of a fixating lamp and/or illumination through light sources grouped eccentrically about the observation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Barth, Roland Bergner, Lothar Mueller, Dietmar Steinmetz, Siegfried Schubert, Klaus-Ditmar Voigt, Frank Behrendt, Burkhard Dietzel, Axel Doering
  • Publication number: 20120275959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring coagulation parameters in a sample fluid, comprising an interface sensor with a sensor surface that faces the sample fluid. The invention is characterized in that said sensor surface includes adhesive areas and non-adhesive areas with respect to blood components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: ANDREAS HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank Gehring, Lothar Mueller
  • Publication number: 20120270326
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining haemostasis parameters by measuring vibration parameters of a resonator having a measuring surface which contacts a platelet containing sample fluid. The invention is characterized by the analysis of the characteristic of a vibration parameter over time, based on which the platelet function will then be assessed and a distinction will be made between the presence of an adhesion disorder or that of an aggregation disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: ANDREAS HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank K. Gehring, Hans Wendel, Stefan Sinn, Lothar Mueller
  • Patent number: 8066374
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an optical system for a fundus camera for reflection-free opthalmoscopy having a beam path with refractive and reflective optical elements which are used substantially in common for illumination and observation or recording. An imaging mirror system substantially comprising a plurality of reflecting optical elements in the form of mirrors and is provided for illuminating and imaging the fundus. At least one optical element, for example, mirror, is formed as a freeform mirror with an imaging, reflecting freeform surface. The optical elements are arranged in a housing in a precisely defined position and attitude relative to one another in such a way that an imaging of the reflecting surfaces of the optical elements on the image of the imaged retina is prevented within a wide diopter range of the patient's eye to be examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec, AG
    Inventors: Ingo Koschmieder, Manfred Dick, Detlef Biernat, Jan Buchheister, Lothar Mueller
  • Publication number: 20110199575
    Abstract: Imaging optics for optical devices, with which reflections of the illumination light, which is guided through the same optical elements as the observation light, are kept from reaching the observation pupil of the imaging beam path. The non-reflective imaging optics include at least two refractive optical elements, which are utilized for illumination as well as observation. The at least two refractive optical elements are designed approximately wedge-shaped and are tilted at a random azimuth angle of at least 5° and/or are positioned off-center in the beam path to block out the single reflections of the illumination, occurring at the optical system surfaces, for the observation. The imaging optics are for optical devices, particularly in ophthalmology thought the invention is applicable to other ophthalmological devices as well as to optical devices outside of this field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Jan Buchheister, Lothar Müller, Marco Pretorius
  • Patent number: 7810929
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an optical system for a fundus camera in which lens pairs are tilted relative to the imaging beam path to prevent flare. This tilting is carried out in two planes and these planes are preferably oriented perpendicular to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Lothar Mueller, Marco Hanft, Uwe Lippmann
  • Patent number: 7726815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for observing the ocular fundus, in particular to a fundus camera. Said device comprises a light source (1b) for the provision of illumination radiation, an illumination optical path for directing the illumination radiation onto the ocular fundus and observation optics for reproducing the illuminated ocular fundus, the observation optics comprising a module (16b), whose refractive power can be electrically adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Frank Teige, Detlef Biernat, Lothar Mueller
  • Publication number: 20100014052
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an optical system for a fundus camera for reflection-free opthalmoscopy having a beam path with refractive and reflective optical elements which are used substantially in common for illumination and observation or recording. An imaging mirror system substantially comprising a plurality of reflecting optical elements in the form of mirrors and is provided for illuminating and imaging the fundus. At least one optical element, for example, mirror, is formed as a freeform mirror with an imaging, reflecting freeform surface. The optical elements are arranged in a housing in a precisely defined position and attitude relative to one another in such a way that an imaging of the reflecting surfaces of the optical elements on the image of the imaged retina is prevented within a wide diopter range of the patient's eye to be examined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Ingo Koschmieder, Manfred Dick, Detlef Biernat, Jan Buchheister, Lothar Mueller