Patents by Inventor Luke W. Clauson

Luke W. Clauson 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: 12285361
    Abstract: A device for extracting lens material from an eye including a distal, disposable portion releaseably coupleable to a proximal, reusable portion. The disposable portion includes a cutting tube having a distal cutting tip and an inner lumen having a distal end. The disposable portion includes an aspiration pump fluidly coupled to the inner lumen of the cutting tube and a cutting tube drive mechanism configured to oscillate the cutting tube. The reusable portion includes an aspiration pump motor configured to drive the aspiration pump and a coupler for releaseably operatively coupling the pump motor to the aspiration pump. Related devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC CATARACT TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Brett Carter, Scott Chamness, Luke W. Clauson, Nicholas Grant Lewis, Matthew Newell, Michael Raye, Thomas M. Rector, Michael P. Schaller
  • Publication number: 20250067492
    Abstract: Methods and devices for planing ice are described that include at least receiving, at a planing apparatus, an elongate ice ingot, feeding the elongate ice ingot at a configurable rate through an opening in a cutterhead assembly of the planing apparatus, and planing, by the cutterhead assembly, a plurality of surfaces of the elongate ice ingot at a predefined depth as the elongate ice ingot is fed linearly through the opening of the cutterhead assembly. The planing may result in a planed ice ingot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew James Whalen, Bryce Edmund Peterson, Luke W. Clauson
  • Publication number: 20250057692
    Abstract: A device for delivering a volume of fluid to an eye including a base having a drive mechanism and a disposable fluid cartridge configured to releasably couple to the base to form the device. Related systems, devices, compositions, and methods of use are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, Rex Dwyer, Matthew Newell, Michael Owens
  • Publication number: 20250010900
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods described herein relate to arm carts for transporting and securing a robotic arm to a surgical table. In some embodiments, an arm cart may include an arm support having two joints that can be manipulated to move an arm into a position in which a coupler of the arm is engageable with a coupling site of a surgical table. In some embodiments, an arm cart may include an arm support that is rotatable and translatable to permit movement of an attachment area for receiving and attaching a coupling site of a surgical table to a coupler attached to an arm. In some embodiments, an arm cart may include an arm support that releasably couples to a middle segment of the arm positioned at least two segments away from an end of the arm having a coupler for coupling to a coupling site of a surgical table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Michael P. SCHALLER, Brendan C. REESE, Luke W. CLAUSON
  • Patent number: 12161585
    Abstract: A device for delivering a volume of fluid to an eye including a base having a drive mechanism and a disposable fluid cartridge configured to releasably couple to the base to form the device. Related systems, devices, compositions, and methods of use are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Eyenovia, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, Rex Dwyer, Matthew Newell, Michael Owens
  • Patent number: 12163718
    Abstract: Methods and devices for planing ice are described that include at least receiving, at a planing apparatus, an elongate ice ingot, feeding the elongate ice ingot at a configurable rate through an opening in a cutterhead assembly of the planing apparatus, and planing, by the cutterhead assembly, a plurality of surfaces of the elongate ice ingot at a predefined depth as the elongate ice ingot is fed linearly through the opening of the cutterhead assembly. The planing may result in a planed ice ingot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Abstract Ice, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew James Whalen, Bryce Edmund Peterson, Luke W. Clauson
  • Publication number: 20240366216
    Abstract: A device that can pierce and hold tissue and then pass suture through tissue. The device can have a shuttle that can removably attach to a suture and jaws that can be rotatably opened and closed with respect to each other. The device can have a first jaw having a first jaw channel and a first jaw first stop. The shuttle can have a shuttle longitudinal axis and a shuttle first stop. The shuttle first stop can have a shuttle first stop distal end. The shuttle first stop distal end can be deflectable into the first jaw first stop. When the shuttle first stop distal end is in contact with the first jaw first stop, the shuttle can be passively retained in the first jaw. A method for using the device to repeatedly pass the suture through the tissue without removing the suture or device from the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Maruho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew J. HUNTINGTON, Brett A. SNYDER, Matthew Byrnes NEWELL, Luke W. CLAUSON, Gary S. FANTON, John F. KRUMME, Scott H. HENEVELD, Bryce PETERSON, Yasuyuki HITOMI
  • Patent number: 12115104
    Abstract: A surgical device for cutting a lens within a capsular bag of an eye. Related methods, systems, and devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Schaller, Peter Bentley, Luke W. Clauson, Maria Tsontcheva Guguchkova, Matthew Newell, Adam Larson
  • Publication number: 20240337427
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described for shaping ingots of ice. Devices may include a support structure, a mold for shaping ice ingots, the mold being mounted to the support structure. The devices may also include a first upper platen assembly disposed above a first lower platen assembly, a first positioning means, and at least one liquid inlet valve for each of the first upper platen assembly and the first lower platen assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew James Whalen, Bryce Edmund Peterson, Luke W. Clauson, Matthew Byrnes Newell, Thomas Michael Rector
  • Patent number: 12060098
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods described herein relate to arm carts for transporting and securing a robotic arm to a surgical table. In some embodiments, an arm cart may include an arm support having two joints that can be manipulated to move an arm into a position in which a coupler of the arm is engageable with a coupling site of a surgical table. In some embodiments, an arm cart may include an arm support that is rotatable and translatable to permit movement of an attachment area for receiving and attaching a coupling site of a surgical table to a coupler attached to an arm. In some embodiments, an arm cart may include an arm support that releasably couples to a middle segment of the arm positioned at least two segments away from an end of the arm having a coupler for coupling to a coupling site of a surgical table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Verb Surgical Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Schaller, Brendan C. Reese, Luke W. Clauson
  • Patent number: 12055332
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described for shaping ingots of ice. Devices may include a support structure, a mold for shaping ice ingots, the mold being mounted to the support structure. The devices may also include a first upper platen assembly disposed above a first lower platen assembly, a first positioning means, and at least one liquid inlet valve for each of the first upper platen assembly and the first lower platen assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ABSTRACT ICE, INC.
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew James Whalen, Bryce Edmund Peterson, Luke W. Clauson, Matthew Byrnes Newell, Thomas Michael Rector
  • Publication number: 20240011693
    Abstract: Methods and devices for planing ice are described that include at least receiving, at a planing apparatus, an elongate ice ingot, feeding the elongate ice ingot at a configurable rate through an opening in a cutterhead assembly of the planing apparatus, and planing, by the cutterhead assembly, a plurality of surfaces of the elongate ice ingot at a predefined depth as the elongate ice ingot is fed linearly through the opening of the cutterhead assembly. The planing may result in a planed ice ingot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew James Whalen, Bryce Edmund Peterson, Luke W. Clauson
  • Publication number: 20240009479
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device for use on an anterior surface of an eye including a treatment chamber defined at least in part by an anterior ring, a posterior ring, and an upper surface connecting the anterior ring and the posterior ring, the treatment chamber configured to transmit a force against the anterior surface of the eye; and a fixation chamber configured to be in fluid communication with a vacuum source and in fluid communication with the anterior surface of the eye. Related devices, systems, and methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, James J. Simms, Brendan C. Reese
  • Publication number: 20230392849
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described for shaping ingots of ice. Devices may include a support structure, a mold for shaping ice ingots, the mold being mounted to the support structure. The devices may also include a first upper platen assembly disposed above a first lower platen assembly, a first positioning means, and at least one liquid inlet valve for each of the first upper platen assembly and the first lower platen assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew James Whalen, Bryce Edmund Peterson, Luke W. Clauson, Matthew Byrnes Newell, Thomas Michael Rector
  • Publication number: 20230371813
    Abstract: An endoscopic device for providing three-dimensional visualization of an intraocular object and having a first portion coupled to a second portion. The first portion includes a distal shaft having an outer diameter sized for positioning in an intraocular space, an illumination guide extending through the distal shaft, at least one image transmitter extending through the distal shaft, and at least one objective lens positioned within the distal shaft at a distal end of the at least one image transmitter. The second portion includes a housing, an illumination source positioned within the housing and in optical communication with a proximal end of the illumination guide, and at least one image sensor positioned within the housing and in optical communication with the proximal end of the at least one image transmitter. Related devices, systems, and methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Schuster, Brendan Reese, Luke W. Clauson
  • Patent number: 11813142
    Abstract: An exemplary surgical device includes an element positionable within a shaft having a lumen defined therethrough with the element movable from a stored position to a deployed position in which a larger portion of the element extends out of the distal end of the lumen. The element forming a closed loop which is positioned around the lens while the lens is within a capsular bag. The closed loop is reduced in size to form a cut in the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, Maria Tsontcheva Guguchkova
  • Publication number: 20230355130
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for detecting retained surgical items or other objects having a magnetic signature within a corpus of a patient. The device can comprise a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a distal sensing portion positioned distally of the shaft. The distal sensing portion can comprise one or more gradiometers comprising a plurality of magnetometers. The device can further comprise one or more output components configured to generate a user output to alert a user of a detected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Melzi Corporation
    Inventors: Luke W. CLAUSON, Matthew Byrnes NEWELL, Nicholas G. LEWIS, Michael A. RAYE, Jesse D. ADAMS, Samuel A. WEPRIN
  • Publication number: 20230301544
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for detecting retained surgical items or other objects having a magnetic signature within a corpus of a patient. The device can comprise a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a distal sensing portion positioned distally of the shaft. The distal sensing portion can comprise one or more gradiometers comprising a plurality of magnetometers. The device can further comprise one or more output components configured to generate a user output to alert a user of a detected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Melzi Corporation
    Inventors: Luke W. CLAUSON, Matthew Byrnes NEWELL, Nicholas G. LEWIS, Michael A. RAYE, Jesse D. ADAMS, Samuel A. WEPRIN, Max Alexander LEE, Teja VEERAMACHENENI
  • Patent number: 11737681
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for detecting retained surgical items or other objects having a magnetic signature within a corpus of a patient. The device can comprise a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a distal sensing portion positioned distally of the shaft. The distal sensing portion can comprise one or more gradiometers comprising a plurality of magnetometers. The device can further comprise one or more output components configured to generate a user output to alert a user of a detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Melzi Corporation
    Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, Matthew Byrnes Newell, Nicholas G. Lewis, Michael A. Raye, Jesse D. Adams, Samuel A. Weprin
  • Patent number: 11730625
    Abstract: A device for performing an ophthalmic procedure in an eye including a hand-held portion; an elongate member extending from a distal end region of the hand-held portion; and an aspiration pump within the hand-held portion. The elongate member includes a lumen and an opening near a distal end region of the elongate member. The aspiration pump is in fluid communication with the opening of the elongate member. The aspiration pump includes a camshaft extending along a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of lobed cams; tubing extending parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of cam followers driven by the cams of the camshaft to move in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to sequentially compress the tubing. Related devices, systems, methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Carter, Scott Chamness, Luke W. Clauson, Michael Schaller