Patents by Inventor Michael D. Ferran

Michael D. Ferran 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).

  • Antenna mandrel with multiple antennas
    Patent number: 9985334
    Abstract: Antennas and antenna mandrels or assemblies may be designed and configured to enable one of one- or two-way communication and/or power transfer with mechanical devices such as ophthalmic devices, including contact lenses. These antennas and antenna mandrels or assemblies may be utilized to transmit data from the mechanical devices to receive data from a transmitter, and/or inductively charge an electromechanical cell or the like incorporated into a mechanical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Beaton, Michael D. Ferran, Dawn Jamisha Owens, Randall B. Pugh, Adam Toner
  • ANTENNA MANDREL WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNAS
    Publication number: 20170115511
    Abstract: Antennas and antenna mandrels or assemblies may be designed and configured to enable one of one- or two-way communication and/or power transfer with mechanical devices such as ophthalmic devices, including contact lenses. These antennas and antenna mandrels or assemblies may be utilized to transmit data from the mechanical devices to receive data from a transmitter, and/or inductively charge an electromechanical cell or the like incorporated into a mechanical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen R. Beaton, Michael D. Ferran, Dawn Jamisha Owens, Randall B. Pugh, Adam Toner
  • Method and apparatus for encapsulating a rigid insert in a contact lens for correcting vision in astigmatic patients
    Patent number: 9581832
    Abstract: The present invention, as described above and as further defined by the claims below, provides methods for forming an Ophthalmic Lens that encapsulates a Rigid Insert, wherein the Rigid Insert may be tailored to correct specific astigmatic characteristics of an eye and apparatus for implementing such methods, as well as Ophthalmic Lenses formed with the Rigid Inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, James Daniel Riall, Sharika Snook, Stephen R. Beaton, Marina Archer, Michael D. Ferran, Frederick A. Flitsch, Camille Higham
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCAPSULATING A RIGID INSERT IN A CONTACT LENS FOR CORRRECTING VISION IN ASTIGMATIC PATIENTS
    Publication number: 20140268020
    Abstract: The present invention, as described above and as further defined by the claims below, provides methods for forming an Ophthalmic Lens that encapsulates a Rigid Insert, wherein the Rigid Insert may be tailored to correct specific astigmatic characteristics of an eye and apparatus for implementing such methods, as well as Ophthalmic Lenses formed with the Rigid Inserts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, James Damiel Riall, Sharika Snook, Stephen R. Beaton, Marina Archer, Michael D. Ferran, Frederick A. Flitsch, Camille Higham