Patents by Inventor Michael Gunner

Michael Gunner 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).

  • Thermal curing methods and systems for forming contact lenses
    Patent number: 8376735
    Abstract: Contact lens curing systems and methods are described. A contact lens curing system includes an oven that has a plurality of curing zones, a mold advancement system for moving contact lens mold assemblies between the plurality of zones, and a controlled atmosphere in the curing zones that provides a substantially chemically inert environment in which contact lens precursor materials can be polymerized in contact mold assemblies located in the curing zones. Methods of producing contact lenses include curing contact lens precursor materials in contact lens mold assemblies in the lens curing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Hayden Atkinson, Paul Riggs, John Gibson, Tim Warren, Ronnie Dover, Arthur Williams, Jennifer Cowden, Michael Gunner
  • THERMAL CURING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20120219387
    Abstract: Contact lens curing systems and methods are described. A contact lens curing system includes an oven that has a plurality of curing zones, a mold advancement system for moving contact lens mold assemblies between the plurality of zones, and a controlled atmosphere the curing zones that provides a substantially chemically inert environment in which contact lens precursor materials can be polymerized in contact mold assemblies located in the curing zones. Methods of producing contact lenses include curing contact lens precursor materials in contact lens mold assemblies in the lens curing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Hayden Atkinson, Paul Riggs, John Gibson, Tim Warren, Ronnie Dover, Arthur Williams, Jennifer Cowden, Michael Gunner
  • Thermal curing methods and systems for forming contact lenses
    Patent number: 8197725
    Abstract: Contact lens curing systems and methods are described. A contact lens curing system includes an oven that has a plurality of curing zones, a mold advancement system for moving the contact lens mold assemblies between the plurality of zones, and a controlled atmosphere within the curing zones that provides a substantially chemically inert environment in which contact lens precursor materials can be polymerized in contact lens mold assemblies located in the curing zones. Methods of producing contact lenses include curing contact lens precursor materials in contact lens mold assemblies in the lens curing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Coopervision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Hayden Atkinson, Paul Riggs, John Gibson, Tim Warren, Ronnie Dover, Arthur Williams, Jennifer Cowden, Michael Gunner
  • THERMAL CURING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20110068496
    Abstract: Contact lens curing systems and methods are described. A contact lens curing system includes an oven that has a plurality of curing zones, a mold advancement system for moving the contact lens mold assemblies between the plurality of zones, and a controlled atmosphere within the curing zones that provides a substantially chemically inert environment in which contact lens precursor materials can be polymerized in contact lens mold assemblies located in the curing zones. Methods of producing contact lenses include curing contact lens precursor materials in contact lens mold assemblies in the lens curing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Hayden Atkinson, Paul Riggs, John Gibson, Tim Warren, Ronnie Dover, Arthur Williams, Jennifer Cowden, Michael Gunner
  • Thermal curing methods and systems for forming contact lenses
    Patent number: 7854866
    Abstract: Contact lens curing systems and methods are described. A contact lens curing system includes an oven that has a plurality of curing zones a mold advancement system for moving the contact lens mold assemblies between the plurality of zones and a controlled atmosphere within the curing zones that provides a substantially chemically inert environment in which contact lens precursor materials can be polymerized in contact lens mold assemblies located in the curing zones. Methods of producing contact lenses include curing contact lens precursor materials in contact lens mold assemblies in the lens curing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Hayden Atkinson, Paul Riggs, John Gibson, Tim Warren, Ronnie Dover, Arthur Williams, Jennifer Cowden, Michael Gunner
  • THERMAL CURING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20080284049
    Abstract: Contact lens curing systems and methods are described. A contact lens curing system includes an oven that has a plurality of curing zones a mold advancement system for moving the contact lens mold assemblies between the plurality of zones and a controlled atmosphere within the curing zones that provides a substantially chemically inert environment in which contact lens precursor materials can be polymerized in contact lens mold assemblies located in the curing zones. Methods of producing contact lenses include curing contact lens precursor materials in contact lens mold assemblies in the lens curing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Hayden Atkinson, Paul Riggs, John Gibson, Tim Warren, Ronnie Dover, Arthur Williams, Jennifer Cowden, Michael Gunner