Patents by Inventor Paul Mendell Erickson

Paul Mendell Erickson 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).

  • Restoration of Accommodation by Lens Refilling
    Publication number: 20190290487
    Abstract: A method for refilling a lens of an eye or increasing the elasticity of a lens of an eye includes removing a central portion of the lens core through the eye's cornea, a capsulorhexis in the eye's lens capsule and a gullet extending at least partially through the cortex of the lens. The lens is then refilled with a synthetic lens material. Sufficient lens core is left in place so that the synthetic material is not in contact with a lens capsule of the eye. The synthetic material used for refilling may be selected and may be formed in a shape and thickness so as to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens. An endocapsular lenticule may be inserted in the lens to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Arthur Ho, Jean-Marie Parel, Jukka Moilanen, Paul Mendell Erickson
  • Restoration of accommodation by lens refilling
    Patent number: 10251781
    Abstract: A method for refilling a lens of an eye or increasing the elasticity of a lens of an eye includes removing a central portion of the lens core through the eye's cornea, a capsulorhexis in the eye's lens capsule and a gullet extending at least partially through the cortex of the lens. The lens is then refilled with a synthetic lens material. Sufficient lens core is left in place so that the synthetic material is not in contact with a lens capsule of the eye. The synthetic material used for refilling may be selected and may be formed in a shape and thickness so as to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens. An endocapsular lenticule may be inserted in the lens to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Adventus Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Ho, Jean-Marie Parel, Jukka Moilanen, Paul Mendell Erickson
  • RESTORATION OF ACCOMMODATION BY LENS REFILLING
    Publication number: 20140012240
    Abstract: A method for refilling a lens of an eye or increasing the elasticity of a lens of an eye includes removing a central portion of the lens core through the eye's cornea, a capsulorhexis in the eye's lens capsule and a gullet extending at least partially through the cortex of the lens. The lens is then refilled with a synthetic lens material. Sufficient lens core is left in place so that the synthetic material is not in contact with a lens capsule of the eye. The synthetic material used for refilling may be selected and may be formed in a shape and thickness so as to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens. An endocapsular lenticule may be inserted in the lens to affect the refractive characteristics of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Arthur Ho, Jean-Marie Parek, Jukka Moilanen, Paul Mendell Erickson