Patents by Inventor Mark S. Blumenkanz

Mark S. Blumenkanz 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).

  • Apparatus and method for indenting the ocular coats of an eye
    Patent number: 5366474
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for indenting the ocular coats for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The method includes the steps of (1) gripping the eye at the intra-forniceal bulbar conjunctival surface with an inflatable tubular member having a centripetally expanding surface; and(2) applying pressure to the ocular coats to cause indentation as determined by the controlled filling of the inflatable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Escalon Ophthalmics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Blumenkanz, Carl Wang
  • Method for indenting the ocular coats of an eye
    Patent number: 5181922
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for indenting the ocular coats for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The method includes the steps of (1) gripping the eye at the intra-forniceal bulbar conjunctival surface with an inflatable tubular member having a centripetally expanding surface; and(2) applying pressure to the ocular coats to cause indentation as determined by the controlled filling of the inflatable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Escalon Ophthalmics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Blumenkanz, Carl Wang