Patents by Inventor Otmar Kanert

Otmar Kanert 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).

  • Apparatus for implanting a folding intraocular lens
    Patent number: 5354333
    Abstract: An apparatus for implanting a folded intraocular lens of resilient material uch as silicone lens comprises a tubular implantation instrument for carrying the folded lens therein, and a manipulator assembly which is connected to the implantation instrument and which comprises a pushing means for inserting the folded lens from the implantation instrument into the lens capsule of an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: adatomed Pharmazeutische und medizintechnische Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Jochen Kammann, Ulrich Dretzler, Otmar Kanert
  • Method and apparatus for folding a resilient intraocular lens
    Patent number: 5190553
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for folding a resilient intraocular lens, the l is fixed on a support surface and then folded by means of two pressing members which are moved synchronously towards each other in such a way that the intraocular lens conforms on a slightly reduced scale to the interior of a tube member of a lens implantation instrument. The lens is then released from its support surface and pressed into the interior of the implantation instrument tube member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Adatomed Pharmazeutisch und Medizintechnische Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Otmar Kanert, Jochen Kammann, Ulrich Dretzler