Patents by Inventor Michael Lowery

Michael Lowery 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: 11931020
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a targeting guide is disclosed. The targeting guide includes a handle defining a targeting hole and a targeting tower configured to be coupled to the handle. The targeting tower defines at least a first guide hole and a second guide hole. Each of the first and second guide holes are sized and configured to receive a respective first guide pin and second guide pin therethrough. The first and second guide pins are configured to indicate alignment of a k-wire inserted through the targeting hole defined by the handle. Methods of using a targeting guide are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Carlo, III, George Matthew Awtrey, Gary W. Lowery, Joseph Ryan Woodard
  • Publication number: 20220371148
    Abstract: A wheel polishing device is provided and configured to be used with a polishing stand. The device includes a base plate defining a plurality of tracks and a plurality of peg members. Each of the plurality of peg members configured to slidably engage a least one of the plurality of tracks defined by the plate. A peg expanding hub is configured to expand into the plurality of peg members when a nut is tightened on a center screw that passes through the peg expanding hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Todd Kaptein, Michael Lowery
  • Patent number: 11049302
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media are provided for redacting images using augmented reality. An image, such as a photograph or video, may be captured by a camera. A redaction marker, such as a QR code, may be included in the field of view of the camera. Redaction instructions may be interpreted from the redaction marker. The redaction instructions indicate a portion of a real-world environment that is to be redacted, such as an area that is not allowed to be imaged. Based on the redaction instructions, image data corresponding to the image may be redacted by deleting or encrypting a portion of the data associated with the portion of the real-world environment to be redacted. An image may be rendered using the redacted image data. The redacted image may be displayed or stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: RealWear, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Michael Lowery
  • Publication number: 20200402280
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media are provided for redacting images using augmented reality. An image, such as a photograph or video, may be captured by a camera. A redaction marker, such as a QR code, may be included in the field of view of the camera. Redaction instructions may be interpreted from the redaction marker. The redaction instructions indicate a portion of a real-world environment that is to be redacted, such as an area that is not allowed to be imaged. Based on the redaction instructions, image data corresponding to the image may be redacted by deleting or encrypting a portion of the data associated with the portion of the real-world environment to be redacted. An image may be rendered using the redacted image data. The redacted image may be displayed or stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Michael Lowery
  • Patent number: 10365493
    Abstract: A head-mounted display that is modular and configured for securement to an item of headwear is provided. The head-mounted display may comprise a selection of components that are desired for a particular application, such as a display boom, camera, microphone, position-tracking component, etc., and may include an attachment mechanism for securing the selection of components to the item of headwear. The head-mounted display may include a display module having a corresponding display characteristic that provides a visual display and/or display functionality that is appropriate for a particular application. The display module may include a micro display that is non-transparent and/or a waveguide optic that is at least partially transparent, and may be configured to provide an augmented reality display for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: RealWear, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen A. Pombo, George Henry Hines, Christopher Iain Parkinson, Andrew Michael Lowery, Kenneth Lustig
  • Publication number: 20180180895
    Abstract: A head-mounted display that is modular and configured for securement to an item of headwear is provided. The head-mounted display may comprise a selection of components that are desired for a particular application, such as a display boom, camera, microphone, position-tracking component, etc., and may include an attachment mechanism for securing the selection of components to the item of headwear. The head-mounted display may include a display module having a corresponding display characteristic that provides a visual display and/or display functionality that is appropriate for a particular application. The display module may include a micro display that is non-transparent and/or a waveguide optic that is at least partially transparent, and may be configured to provide an augmented reality display for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: STEPHEN A. POMBO, GEORGE HENRY HINES, CHRISTOPHER IAIN PARKINSON, ANDREW MICHAEL LOWERY, KENNETH LUSTIG
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20070225399
    Abstract: Intraocular lenses comprised of an acrylic-silicone hybrid polymer are disclosed. The intraocular lenses described herein are suitable for insertion through incisions of 2 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Advanced Medical Optics
    Inventors: Michael Lowery, Harish Makker
  • Publication number: 20070197681
    Abstract: An intraocular lens with a hydrophilic polymer coating composition and methods for using same are provided. Specifically, a composition suitable for reducing tackiness in intraocular lens is provided wherein an acrylic intraocular lens is treated by vapor deposition with an alkoxy silyl terminated polyethylene glycol polymer composition. Methods for making an intraocular lens with a hydrophilic polymer coating are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Advanced Medical Optics
    Inventors: Michael Lowery, Laurent Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20070043437
    Abstract: An intraocular lens (IOL) includes an optic for focusing light and an accommodation assembly for axially moving and/or deforming the optic in response to naturally occurring actions of the eye, thus allowing a patient to more effectively focus on near objects. In addition, the optic may be multifocal or aspheric, wherein the maximum add power of the lens is combined with the increase in diopter power obtained through axial movement and/or deformation of the optic, resulting in enhanced accommodation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Marlene Paul, Daniel Brady, Michael Lowery
  • Publication number: 20070005135
    Abstract: An intraocular lens (IOL) insertion apparatus for implanting IOLs through smaller incisions. The insertion apparatus includes an insertion cartridge that receives the IOL and cooperates with a handpiece. The cartridge includes a longitudinal lumen from a loading chamber to an open distal mouth that gradually narrows in dimension. A push rod having an extremely soft tip thereon urges the IOL through the cartridge and from the open distal mouth. The soft tip is made of low-stimulus material having a minimum ultimate elongation of 400%. Because of the extremely soft material of the tip, the outside diameter of the open distal mouth can be reduced to no more than 2.0 mm, enabling passage through incisions of 2.2 mm or less. The soft tip may be a thermoplastic elastomer having a relatively high elongation and relatively low modulus at elongations of 100-300%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Harish Makker, Can Hu, Michael Lowery
  • Patent number: 7150759
    Abstract: An intraocular lens (IOL) includes an optic for focusing light and an accommodation assembly for axially moving and/or deforming the optic in response to naturally occurring actions of the eye, thus allowing a patient to more effectively focus on near objects. In addition, the optic may be multifocal or aspheric, wherein the maximum add power of the lens is combined with the increase in diopter power obtained through axial movement and/or deformation of the optic, resulting in enhanced accommodation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Marlene L. Paul, Daniel G. Brady, Michael Lowery
  • Publication number: 20060229635
    Abstract: Soft, flexible highly lubricious coatings for polymeric IOL insertion cartridges that allow IOLs to be easily inserted through small bore cartridges suitable for use with small (less than 3 mm) incisions are provided. These lubricious coatings allow IOLs to be inserted into the eye of a patient without the risk of lens damage or transfer of lubricants to the lens surface during implantation. Specifically, polymeric coatings comprising a matrix polymer having an equivalent weight greater than 5000 g/eq are used to form interpenetrating networks (IPN) on the surface of hydrophobic structural polymers. The IPNs thus formed entrap highly lubricious hydrophilic compounds within the IPN using multi-functional cross linkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Can Hu, Michael Lowery, Harish Makker
  • Publication number: 20060135642
    Abstract: Biocompatible polymers useful for making intraocular lenses are provided. The biocompatible polymers are generally composed of one or more acrylate monomers, crosslinked with at least one diacrylate ester and may include one or more additional components such as ultraviolet light and/or blue-violet light absorbing dyes. The posterior chamber IOLs made using the biocompatible polymers disclosed herein are suitable for placement in phakic or aphakic eyes and are intended for refractive correction including myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, astigmatisms and for implantation after removal of the natural crystalline lens as warranted by medical conditions such as cataracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Harish Makker, Massoud Ghazizadeh, Michael Lowery
  • Publication number: 20060004163
    Abstract: Biocompatible polymers useful for making anterior chamber intraocular lenses (AC-IOL) are provided. The biocompatible polymers are generally composed of one or more acrylate monomers, crosslinked with at least one diacrylate ester and may include one or more additional components such as ultraviolet light and/or blue-violate light absorbing dyes. The AC-IOLs made using the biocompatible polymers disclosed herein are suitable for placement in phakic or aphakic eyes and are intended for refractive correction including myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia and astigmatisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Harish Makker, Michael Lowery, Can Hu
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20050226912
    Abstract: This invention provides an article of manufacture and method for controlling the application of a coupling agent, such as a silicone oil or mineral oil, on a surface of a tissue prior to contacting the tissue with an apparatus for non-invasive optical measurement of the concentration of an analyte. Such an apparatus is shown in WO 99/59464. The article ensures that a specific quantity of the coupling agent is deposited in a uniform layer over the entire target area of the tissue, thereby enhancing both the optical signal and the repeatability of thermal and optical coupling with the components of the apparatus. The coupling agent can comprise any of the coupling agents described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,663 that have desirable coupling properties for this application. In one embodiment, the article comprises (a) a backing and (b) a layer of coupling agent on at least one major surface of the backing. In this embodiment, the material of the backing must not absorb an excessive amount of the coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventor: Michael Lowery
  • Publication number: 20050221041
    Abstract: Apparatus, and methods of making and using apparatus, for inserting intraocular lenses (IOLs) are disclosed. The apparatus includes a hollow tube having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an intraocular lens may be passed from the open space into an eye. A lubricity enhancing component is covalently bonded to the hollow tube at the interior wall in an amount effective to facilitate the passage of the intraocular lens through the hollow space. The lubricity enhancing component includes a substituent component effective to reduce hydrolysis of said lubricity enhancing component relative to an identical lubricity enhancing component without the substituent component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Harish Makker, Can Hu, Michael Lowery
  • Publication number: 20050165316
    Abstract: A method for identifying artifacts occurring during a measurement of the concentration of an analyte in a biological sample by means of an apparatus that employs temperature-controlled optical probes, introduces electromagnetic radiation into tissue, and collects and detects radiation emitted at a distance from the point at which the electromagnetic radiation is introduced. The values of intensity of radiation emitted at different wavelengths, at different distances between the light introduction site(s) and the light collection site(s), and at different temperatures are collected and used in the method to generate a relationship between these values and the concentration of an analyte in the tissue or the disease state of a patient. The method involves the use of an algorithm that identifies artifacts in the data resulting from motion of the patient and allows the rejection of data sets that contain these artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Lowery, Eric Shain, Omar Khalil
  • Publication number: 20050147735
    Abstract: A lubricous coating composition and methods for using same are provided. Specifically, a composition suitable for providing hydrophobic polymer surfaces with lubricious coatings is described wherein a polyolefin surface is reiteratively treated with hydrophilic polymer solutions and cross-linking solutions. Methods for reiterative coating polymer surfaces are also provided including methods wherein the hydrophobic polymer surface is pretreated using plasma energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Lowery, Harish Makker, Can Hu