Patents by Inventor Manfred Dick

Manfred Dick 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).

  • Publication number: 20130297017
    Abstract: An intraocular lens provided for implantation into an eye, includes a lens body having a central region, haptics for holding the intraocular lens in place within the eye after implantation, and an activatable zone outside the central region. After implantation of the intraocular lens into the eye, the lens body is deformed in the central region and/or at least one of the position, the rotation or the tilt of the intraocular lens within the eye changes upon irradiating only the activatable zone with laser radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Pascal Bernard, Martin Kühner
  • Patent number: 8491576
    Abstract: A laser system for the irradiation of an eye includes a laser configured to emit a laser beam; a focusing device configured to focus the laser beam; and a beam-shaping device configured to generate a predetermined intensity distribution in a cross section of the laser beam such that an intensity minimum of the laser beam is disposed in region of a center of the cross section of the laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Mark Bischoff, Manfred Dick
  • Publication number: 20130131652
    Abstract: A device and a method for the femtosecond laser surgery of tissue, especially in the vitreous humor of the eye. The device of includes an ultrashort pulse laser with pulse widths in the range of approximately 10 fs-1 ps, especially approximately 300 fs, pulse energies in the range of approximately 5 nJ-5?J, especially approximately 1-2 ?J and pulse repetition rates of approximately 10 kHz-10 MHz, especially 500 kHz. The laser system is coupled to a scanner system which allows the spatial variation of the focus in three dimensions (x, y and z). In addition to the therapeutic laser/scanner optical system the device includes a navigation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Marcus Blum, Matthias Reich
  • Patent number: 8414567
    Abstract: A method for controlling a device for the treatment or refractive correction of the human eye using an electronic data processing system provides a simple overview of the influence of all of the parameters. To this end, once the operating parameters have been determined, a graphical simulation of the operating procedure is carried out in the form of a graphical visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Holger Maeusezahl, Dan Reinstein, Eckhard Schroeder, Hartmut Vogelsang
  • Publication number: 20130085480
    Abstract: A device and a method for controlling a laser system for the treatment of the eye lens by means of laser-induced disruptions. The laser system includes a femtosecond laser and a deflection unit for directing the laser beam and a detection device for detecting a value characteristic of the occurrence of disruptions being provided. The detection device is connected to the control device and the control device is adapted to determine a pulse energy for the laser system from the characteristic value and to actuate the laser accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Dieter Grebner, Matthias Reich
  • Publication number: 20130085481
    Abstract: A device intended to permit photocoagulation or phototherapy at low cost and in a shorter time. For this purpose, an ophthalmology appliance includes a radiation source having several discrete individual emitters. The therapy beam path leading from the radiation source to the treatment area projects an image of at least respective portions of different individual emitters simultaneously onto surfaces spaced apart from each other in the treatment area. This permits simultaneous generation of several coagulation foci and dispenses with the need for electromechanical beam-deflecting units, which permits a shorter treatment time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, René Denner, Gerald Kunath-Fandrei
  • Publication number: 20130072917
    Abstract: Improvements in respect of performing cataract surgery, and the result thereof, by application of a laser system. A device for cataract surgery, includes a surgical microscope or stereo microscope and a laser source. A module, consisting of a laser-coupling/deflecting unit, a laser-scan unit, and a focusing unit, can be attached to the surgical microscope or stereo microscope, in which at least one of these units can selectively be introduced between the surgical microscope and eye, and in which the focusing unit can scan a depth-of-focus range of greater than 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Michael Kaschke, Ludwin Monz, Tobias Damm, Dirk Mühlhoff, Karlheinz Rein, Gregor Stobrawa, Manfred Dick, Martin Kühner, Artur Högele, Matthias Reich, Dieter Grebner
  • Patent number: 8356897
    Abstract: A device for correcting visual defects of an eye comprises a coherent light source, a beam modification device for shaping and deflecting a beam of the coherent light source, and a wavefront analyzer device for analyzing a wavefront of an optical path in the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Eckhard Schroeder, Joachim Fiedler
  • Patent number: 8315280
    Abstract: A multiwavelength laser system for opthalmological applications. The system including a first semiconductor diode laser including a first working beam of a first wavelength; and at least one second semiconductor diode laser having a second working beam of a second wavelength. The second wavelength being different from the first wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Diego Zimare, Manfred Dick, Martin Wiechmann, Alexander Kalies, Regina Schuett
  • Patent number: 8303577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an actual value of at least one system parameter or a deviation from a set value of at least one parameter of a system for the treatment of an eye using a treatment laser beam emitted by said system. According to the invention, the surface of a calibrating body is ablated with at least a partial beam of the treatment laser beam with a predetermined ablation program. The surface ablated by the treatment laser beam is examined by means of aberrometry and/or profilometry. The actual value of the system parameter or the deviation from the set value of the system parameter is determined on the basis of the examination data detected during the examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Hartmut Vogelsang
  • Patent number: 8289382
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to make high-quality recordings of the anterior and/or posterior segments of the eye as an individual image or also as a sequence of images without increasing the radiation load on the eye to be examined. In the method according to the invention, at least one pre-flash is used in order to determine an optimal exposure time for the main flash based on the recording of the pre-flash which is reflected by the object to be recorded. Both the pre-flash and the main flash are controllable and the recordings of the pre-flash and main flash are recorded with the same sensor of the electronic camera and are evaluated electronically by a control unit, and the recording of the main flash and, as the case may be, of the pre-flash is analyzed and/or corrected and displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bublitz, Thomas Mohr, Uwe Mohrholz, Michael Trost, Martin Wiechmann, Manfred Dick
  • Publication number: 20120229766
    Abstract: A method and devices for detecting deposits, in particular amyloid plaques, in the eye, in particular in the human eye. The subject is an optical method for detecting deposits, in particular ?-amyloid, in the retina, which is locally resolved and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina. The invention includes a device for optically detecting ?-amyloid in the retina, which generates a locally resolved image of the retina and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Christoph Russmann, Martin Hacker, Manfred Dick, Ingrid Hilger, Werner A. Kaiser
  • Patent number: 8201944
    Abstract: A method for measuring the dynamic behavior of an optical system is aimed at rendering the dynamic behavior of the optical system objectively detectable. To this end, the optical system to be measured is stimulated by stimuli whereby causing it to react, and the reaction is detected by means of a wave front analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Vogelsang, Michael Bergt, Manfred Dick, Holger Maeusezahl, Eckhard Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20120150159
    Abstract: A method for marking coagulation sites on a retina by application of a light source including: projecting a serial spot sequence from a sequential, one-dimensional series of spots on the retina, wherein the individual spots indicate the coagulation sites; waiting for confirmation of the sequence of individual spots; after confirming, recalculating an automated sequence of steps having a further serial spot sequence and projecting them on the retina according to the first step; and subsequent repeating of the second and third steps. Also, a system for coagulating the retina, having an imaging diagnostic unit, a therapy beam for coagulating coagulation sites, a pilot beam for marking the coagulation sites by a spot sequence, a beam deflecting unit for generating the spot sequence and for positioning the therapy beam, an electronic control unit for controlling the above devices, a software interface, and an interactive interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Gerald Kunath-Fandrei, Jenny Dünger, Rico Fuchs, Manfred Dick
  • Publication number: 20120089132
    Abstract: A method for non-invasive temperature determination in biological tissue treated with treatment radiation wherein a reaction which depends on the treatment temperature is generated and detected. Measurement radiation pulses and pulses of the treatment radiation are applied to the tissue to be treated successively, in particular in an alternating way, from the same radiation source. A device includes a radiation source, an irradiation lens system, detectors for determining a reaction and a system control suitable for controlling treatment radiation and measurement radiation pulses. The system control generates successive, in particular alternating, pulses of treatment radiation and measurement radiation pulses from one radiation source only, in particular a laser which can be modulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, René Denner, Stefan Knoke
  • Publication number: 20120041429
    Abstract: A device for correcting visual defects of an eye comprises a coherent light source, a beam modification device for shaping and deflecting a beam of the coherent light source, and a wavefront analyzer device for analyzing a wavefront of an optical path in the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Eckhard Schroeder, Joachim Fiedler
  • Publication number: 20120016352
    Abstract: An ophthalmological laser system for photodisruptive irradiation of ocular tissue, including a crystalline lens or a cornea. The system includes an ultra-short pulse laser, the radiation of which is focusable as illumination light via an illumination beam path including a scanner unit and focusing optics. A control unit is programmed to execute determining irradiation control data for photodisruptions at irradiation points in an interior of the ocular tissue distributed three-dimensionally and non-equidistantly to create at least one predetermined target incision. The laser system then irradiates the ocular tissue according to the determined irradiation control data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Matthias Reich, Dieter Grebner
  • 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: 20110276042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an actual value of at least one system parameter or a deviation from a set value of at least one parameter of a system for the treatment of an eye using a treatment laser beam emitted by said system. According to the invention, the surface of a calibrating body is ablated with at least a partial beam of the treatment laser beam with a predetermined ablation program. The surface ablated by the treatment laser beam is examined by means of aberrometry and/or profilometry. The actual value of the system parameter or the deviation from the set value of the system parameter is determined on the basis of the examination data detected during the examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Manfred Dick, Hartmut Vogelsang
  • Publication number: 20110264081
    Abstract: A polarization beam splitter selectively decouples detection light onto a detector such that it has a polarization direction that differs from the emitted illumination light. This enables the detection of the light scattered back in the eye lens at a high level of accuracy, since stray light from reflections at optical components of the light path is suppressed. In the generating of photo disruptions or other incisions, the ray exposure of the retina may be reduced in that the incisions being furthest away from the laser are induced first such that laminar gas inclusions with an existence duration time of at least 5 seconds result. In this manner the laser radiation propagated in the direction of the retina in further incisions are scattered and partially reflected such that the influence impinging upon the retina is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Matthias Reich, Dieter Grebner, Andreas Koch, Juergen Ledermann, Manfred Dick, Marco Hanft