Patents by Inventor Maurice D. Butts

Maurice D. Butts 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).

  • Deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6387101
    Abstract: A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus for inserting a deformable intraocular lens through a small incision into an eye. The apparatus includes a lens injecting body including a lens receiver configured to be operated between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and a nozzle portion provided with a tip portion configured to be inserted through a small incision into an eye. The nozzle portion is configured for connection to the lens receiver of the lens injecting body, and the nozzle portion and the lens receiver defining a lens delivery passageway. A plunger is slidably disposed relative to the lens delivery passageway and configured to engage a deformable intraocular lens within the lens delivery passageway of the lens receiver, and to move the deformable intraocular lens out of the lens delivery passageway into the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: STAAR Surgical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice D. Butts, Thomas J. Chambers, Flora Wang, Robert S. Friedman
  • Deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6312433
    Abstract: A deformable intraocular lens injecting apparatus for inserting a deformable intraocular lens through a small incision into an eye. The lens injecting apparatus includes a lens injecting body including a lens receiver configured to be operated between an open configuration and a closed configuration and a nozzle portion provided with a tip portion configured to be inserted through a small incision into an eye. The nozzle portion is configured for connection to the lens injecting body and the nozzle portion and the lens receiver define a lens delivery passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: STAAR Surgical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice D. Butts, Thomas J. Chambers