Patents by Inventor Martin Mainster

Martin Mainster 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: 8292428
    Abstract: Ophthalmic devices are provided having a violet-light vertical cut-off filter abruptly absorbs light between the wave lengths of between approximately and 400 nm and 450 nm such that a curve when plotted as percent transmission versus wavelength has the shape as depicted in FIG. 2. In one embodiment the ophthalmic devices are made from acrylates and the light absorbing compound is an Eastman Yellow 035 MA dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A Mainster, Alan J Lang, Michael D Lowery, Jason C Pearson, Max A Weaver, Jean C Fleischer, Gregory A King
  • Publication number: 20120013844
    Abstract: Ophthalmic devices are provided having a violet-light vertical cut-off filter abruptly absorbs light between the wave lengths of between approximately and 400 nm and 450 nm such that a curve when plotted as percent transmission versus wavelength has the shape as depicted in FIG. 2. In one embodiment the ophthalmic devices are made from acrylates and the light absorbing compound is an Eastman Yellow 035 MA dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Mainster, Alan J. Lang, Michael D. Lowery, Jason Clay Pearson, Max Allen Weaver, Jean Carroll Fleischer, Gregory Alan King
  • Patent number: 8047650
    Abstract: Ophthalmic devices are provided having a violet-light vertical cut-off filter abruptly absorbs light between the wave lengths of between approximately and 400 nm and 450 nm such that a curve when plotted as percent transmission versus wavelength has the shape as depicted in FIG. 2. In one embodiment the ophthalmic devices are made from acrylates and the light absorbing compound is an Eastman Yellow 035 MA dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A Mainster, Alan J Lang, Michael D Lowery, Jason C Pearson, Max A Weaver, Jean C Fleischer, Gregory A King
  • Publication number: 20100085534
    Abstract: Ophthalmic devices are provided having a violet-light vertical cut-off filter abruptly absorbs light between the wave lengths of between approximately and 400 nm and 450 nm such that a curve when plotted as percent transmission versus wavelength has the shape as depicted in FIG. 2. In one embodiment the ophthalmic devices are made from acrylates and the light absorbing compound is an Eastman Yellow 035 MA dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Mainster, Alan J. Lang, Michael D. Lowery, Jason Clay Pearson, Max Allen Weaver, Jean Carroll Fleischer, Gregory Alan King
  • Publication number: 20080013045
    Abstract: Ophthalmic devices are provided having a violet-light vertical cut-off filter abruptly absorbs light between the wave lengths of between approximately and 400 nm and 450 nm such that a curve when plotted as percent transmission versus wavelength has the shape as depicted in FIG. 2. In one embodiment the ophthalmic devices are made from acrylates and the light absorbing compound is an Eastman Yellow 035 MA dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Mainster, Alan Lang, Michael Lowery
  • Patent number: 7278737
    Abstract: Ophthalmic devices are provided having a violet-light vertical cut-off filter abruptly absorbs light between the wave lengths of between approximately and 400 nm and 450 nm such that a curve when plotted as percent transmission versus wavelength has the shape as depicted in FIG. 2. In one embodiment the ophthalmic devices are made from acrylates and the light absorbing compound is an Eastman Yellow 035 MA dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Mainster, Alan J. Lang, Michael D. Lowery, Jason Clay Pearson, Max Allen Weaver, Jean Carroll Fleischer, Gregory Alan King
  • Publication number: 20050243272
    Abstract: Ophthalmic devices are provided having a violet-light vertical cut-off filter abruptly absorbs light between the wave lengths of between approximately and 400 nm and 450 nm such that a curve when plotted as percent transmission versus wavelength has the shape as depicted in FIG. 2. In one embodiment the ophthalmic devices are made from acrylates and the light absorbing compound is an Eastman Yellow 035 MA dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Mainster, Alan Lang, Michael Lowery
  • Patent number: 5623323
    Abstract: A contact-type ophthalmic lens for use in diagnosis and laser surgery has a contact lens (14), an entry lens (16), and an intermediate lens (18). The lenses are aligned along their optical axes. The anterior surface of the contact lens has an aspheric surface with a high power. The intermediate lens is a meniscus lens with a concave posterior surface and a convex anterior surface. Both surfaces of the entry lens are convex and aspheric. This combination of lenses provides a very wide field of view, allowing regions of the eye anterior to the equator to be readily viewed in an aerial image focused in a plane (50) anterior to the lens system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Ocular Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Johnson, Janet L. Crossman, Martin A. Mainster
  • Patent number: 5589896
    Abstract: An indirect ophthalmoscopy lens (10) comprises two or more elements (16, 30). The elements (16, 30) are movable by the physician relative to each other to vary the magnification provided in an aerial image (I) of the fundus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Ocular Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Mainster, Janet L. Crossman, Robert D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5309187
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens having two elements, a contact lens and an entry lens. The lens produces a magnified aerial image of the fundus of the eye, and can also be used for laser delivery to the fundus. The lens is particularly useful because it provides high magnification and detail of the fundus as well as excellent steroscopic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Ocular Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet L. Crossman, Phillip J. Erickson, Gregory L. Heacock, Martin A. Mainster
  • Patent number: 5189450
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens which has three elements, a contact lens, a center lens, and an entry lens. The lens produces a magnified aerial image of the fundus of the eye. The lens is particularly useful because it provides high magnification and detail of the fundus as well as good stereoscopic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Ocular Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet L. Crossman, Phillip J. Erickson, Gregory L. Heacock, Martin A. Mainster
  • Patent number: 5007729
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens which has three elements, a contact lens, a center lens, and an entry lens. The lens produces a wide field, aerial image of the fundus of the eye. The lens is particularly useful because it provides high resolution of the peripheral retina, and causes little or no distortion of the laser beam used for peripheral fundus laser treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Ocular Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip J. Erickson, Janet L. Crossman, Gregory L. Heacock, Martin A. Mainster
  • Patent number: 4728183
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens utilized for observing the fundus of an eye using through the lens illumination and for delivering a focused laser beam to the fundus includes a contact lens and an aspheric entry lens. In combination, the lenses provide an aerial image of the fundus anterior to the entry lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Ocular Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Heacock, Martin A. Mainster, Phillip J. Erickson