Patents by Inventor Rob BUGEL

Rob BUGEL 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).

  • Method and an assembly for removing an intraocular lens from an injection molded mold half
    Patent number: 12337560
    Abstract: A method and assembly for removing an intraocular lens from an injection molded mold half. With the method and the assembly, first spill ring material is removed from the mold half. Subsequently, the mold/lens-assembly is subjected to an oscillating mechanical load without substantial deformation of at least a part of the mold half that is in direct contact with the lens body. The oscillating mechanical load has an oscillation frequency which is in a range that excites the mold/lens-assembly to break bonds between the intraocular lens and the mold half. After that, a static mechanical push force is exerted on the bottom side of the mold half to at least partly separate the intraocular lens from the mold half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Rob Bugel, Richard Henricus Christianus Eijmberts, Mitchell Gerardus Maas, Franciscus Henricus Cornelius Maria Bijnen, Martin Dinant Bijker
  • Method and an Assembly for Removing an Intraocular Lens from an Injection Molded Mold Half
    Publication number: 20230191731
    Abstract: A method and assembly for removing an intraocular lens from an injection molded mold half. With the method and the assembly, first spill ring material is removed from the mold half. Subsequently, the mold/lens-assembly is subjected to an oscillating mechanical load without substantial deformation of at least a part of the mold half that is in direct contact with the lens body. The oscillating mechanical load has an oscillation frequency which is in a range that excites the mold/lens-assembly to break bonds between the intraocular lens and the mold half. After that, a static mechanical push force is exerted on the bottom side of the mold half to at least partly separate the intraocular lens from the mold half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Rob BUGEL, Richard Henricus Christianus EIJMBERTS, Mitchell Gerardus MAAS, Franciscus Henricus Cornelius Maria BIJNEN, Martin Dinant BIJKER