Patents by Inventor Roland Schmieder
Roland Schmieder 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).
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Patent number: 9849642Abstract: A method for avoiding the entrapment of air bubbles (5) in a lens forming material, in particular in a low viscosity lens forming material, in an ophthalmic lens manufacturing process using mold halves (2; 3) each having a lens forming surface (21; 31) comprises electrostatically charging a predetermined portion of the lens forming surface (21; 31) of the mold half (2; 3) prior to the predetermined portion of the lens forming surface (21; 31) coming into contact with the lens forming material (4).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Lukas Lomb, Roland Schmieder, Gabriela Cocora, Halina Heidrich, Axel Heinrich, Peter Hagmann
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Patent number: 9575333Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored contact lens designed for making a wearer's eyes to appear larger, bolder, and enhanced color while giving the wearers eyes a very natural appearance. A colored contact lens of the invention comprising a first print of a first color and a second print of a second color, wherein the first print consisting of an annular ring of gradient dot matrix, wherein the second print comprises a limbal ring and an outer starburst pattern, wherein the limbal ring surrounds the outer starburst pattern, wherein the annular ring and the limbal ring have a substantially identical outer diameter and the annular ring has a larger inside diameter than the limbal ring, the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Robert Carey Tucker, Ellen A. Day, Sandra Corti, Roland Schmieder, Laura A. Creech
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Publication number: 20160187672Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored contact lens designed for making a wearer's eyes to appear larger, bolder, and enhanced color while giving the wearers eyes a very natural appearance. A colored contact lens of the invention comprising a first print of a first color and a second print of a second color, wherein the first print consisting of an annular ring of gradient dot matrix, wherein the second print comprises a limbal ring and an outer starburst pattern, wherein the limbal ring surrounds the outer starburst pattern, wherein the annular ring and the limbal ring have a substantially identical outer diameter and the annular ring has a larger inside diameter than the limbal ring, the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Robert Carey Tucker, Ellen A. Day, Sandra Corti, Roland Schmieder, Laura A. Creech
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Patent number: 9310625Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored contact lens designed for making a wearer's eyes to appear larger, bolder, and enhanced color while giving the wearer's eyes a very natural appearance. A colored contact lens of the invention comprising a first print of a first color and a second print of a second color, wherein the first print consisting of an annular ring of gradient dot matrix, wherein the second print comprises a limbal ring and an outer starburst pattern, wherein the limbal ring surrounds the outer starburst pattern, wherein the annular ring and the limbal ring have a substantially identical outer diameter and the annular ring has a larger inside diameter than the limbal ring, the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Robert Carey Tucker, Ellen A. Day, Sandra Corti, Roland Schmieder, Laura A. Creech
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Publication number: 20150226982Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored contact lens designed for making a wearer's eyes to appear larger, bolder, and enhanced color while giving the wearer's eyes a very natural appearance. A colored contact lens of the invention comprising a first print of a first color and a second print of a second color, wherein the first print consisting of an annular ring of gradient dot matrix, wherein the second print comprises a limbal ring and an outer starburst pattern, wherein the limbal ring surrounds the outer starburst pattern, wherein the annular ring and the limbal ring have a substantially identical outer diameter and the annular ring has a larger inside diameter than the limbal ring, the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Robert Carey Tucker, Ellen A. Day, Sandra Corti, Roland Schmieder, Laura A. Creech
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Publication number: 20150174839Abstract: A method for avoiding the entrapment of air bubbles (5) in a lens forming material, in particular in a low viscosity lens forming material, in an ophthalmic lens manufacturing process using mold halves (2; 3) each having a lens forming surface (21; 31) comprises electrostatically charging a predetermined portion of the lens forming surface (21; 31) of the mold half (2; 3) prior to the predetermined portion of the lens forming surface (21; 31) coming into contact with the lens forming material (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Lukas Lomb, Roland Schmieder, Gabriela Cocora, Halina Heidrich, Axel Heinrich, Peter Hagmann
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Patent number: 9039173Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored contact lens designed for making a wearer's eyes to appear larger, bolder, and enhanced color while giving the wearer's eyes a very natural appearance. A colored contact lens of the invention comprising a first print of a first color and a second print of a second color, wherein the first print consisting of an annular ring of gradient dot matrix, wherein the second print comprises a limbal ring and an outer starburst pattern, wherein the limbal ring surrounds the outer starburst pattern, wherein the annular ring and the limbal ring have a substantially identical outer diameter and the annular ring has a larger inside diameter than the limbal ring, the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Robert Carey Tucker, Ellen A. Day, Sandra Corti, Roland Schmieder, Laura A. Creech
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Publication number: 20120026459Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored contact lens designed for making a wearer's eyes to appear larger, bolder, and enhanced color while giving the wearer's eyes a very natural appearance. A colored contact lens of the invention comprising a first print of a first color and a second print of a second color, wherein the first print consisting of an annular ring of gradient dot matrix, wherein the second print comprises a limbal ring and an outer starburst pattern, wherein the limbal ring surrounds the outer starburst pattern, wherein the annular ring and the limbal ring have a substantially identical outer diameter and the annular ring has a larger inside diameter than the limbal ring, the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Robert Carey Tucker, Ellen A. Day, Sandra Corti, Roland Schmieder, Laura A. Creech
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Patent number: 7772286Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer, which is the reaction product of (a) a first prepolymer, comprising a bioactive moiety and at least one radically polymerizable group, and (b) a second prepolymer which is a polyvinyl alcohol having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 2000 that, based on the number of hydroxy groups of the polyvinyl alcohol, comprises from 0.5 to 80% structural units of formula (I) wherein: R is alkylene having up to 8 carbon atoms, R1 is hydrogen or alkyl having up to seven carbon atoms, and R2 is an olefinically unsaturated, electron-attracting copolymerizable radical.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Eyesense AGInventors: Achim Müller, Roland Schmieder, Katharina Schmid
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Publication number: 20090113851Abstract: A seal plate for use in sealing ophthalmic lens blister packages having a laminate foil cover and plastic shell for containing an ophthalmic lens and lens solution therein, the seal plate including a heated plate body and sealing face. The sealing face protrudes from the plate body and has an irregular shape. The sealing face further engages the laminate foil cover and displaces moisture present between the foil cover and plastic bowl body to induce a heat seal therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Stephen N. Carr, James Shay Foley, Kent M. Grothe, Roland Schmieder, Charles Henry Walton, IV
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Patent number: 7429465Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for analyzing an analyte in a hydrogel contact lens following its wear on the eye, comprising the steps of (a) physically or chemically inducing a volume reduction of the hydrogel contact lens and thereby squeezing the analyte out of the polymer material making up the contact lens and (b) feeding the analyte obtained according to step (a) into an analyzer. The process of the invention provides a new concept for noninvasively measuring various analytes occurring in the tear fluid that is comfortable to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Achim Müller, Roland Schmieder, Katharina Schmid
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Patent number: 7406345Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand-held fluorescence photometer and method for measuring an analyte level, preferably a blood glucose level, from an ocular fluid. The photometer is based on a dual beams measuring system and it is capable of defining the correct positioning for the measurement. Only when the apparatus is correctly positioned the actual analyte measurement automatically takes place.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Eyesense AGInventors: Achim Müller, Roland Schmieder, Klaus Haberstroh
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Patent number: 7255438Abstract: A method comprises the steps of (a) providing a water based ink in at least one cliché with a contact lens pattern; (b) transferring the water based ink from the cliché to at least a surface of at least a contact lens forming mold by means of at least a transfer pad; (c) at least partially curing the ink transferred on the mold to form a colored film; (d) dispensing a hydrogel lens-forming material into a lens-forming cavity of the mold; and (e) curing the lens-forming material within the lens-forming cavity to form the contact lens, whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens; characterized in that the relative air humidity in the immediate vicinities of the transfer pad/s is kept higher than 50% at standard temperature and pressure conditions during ink transfer.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Barry L. Atkins, Norbert Doerr, Alfred Fischer, Michael Hugh Quinn, Roland Schmieder, Robert Carey Tucker
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Publication number: 20060155179Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand-held fluorescence photometer and method for measuring an analyte level, preferably a blood glucose level, from an ocular fluid. The photometer is based on a dual beams measuring system and it is capable of defining the correct positioning for the measurement. Only when the apparatus is correctly positioned the actual analyte measurement automatically takes place.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2004Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: Achim Muller, Roland Schmieder, Klaus Haberstroh
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Publication number: 20060148983Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer, which is the reaction product of (a) a first prepolymer, comprising a bioactive moiety and at least one radically polymerizable group, and (b) a second prepolymer which is a polyvinyl alcohol having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 2000 that, based on the number of hydroxy groups of the polyvinyl alcohol, comprises from 0.5 to 80% structural units of formula (I) wherein: R is alkylene having up to 8 carbon atoms, R1 is hydrogen or alkyl having up to seven carbon atoms, and R2 is an olefinically unsaturated, electron-attracting copolymerizable radical.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2004Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Achim Muller, Roland Schmieder, Katharina Schmid
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Publication number: 20060077341Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing colored contact lenses with high quality color images. The method of the invention comprises the steps of (a) providing a water based ink in at least one cliche wherein a pattern to be printed on the contact lens has been created; (b) transferring the water based ink from the cliché to at least a surface of at least a contact lens forming mold by means of at least a transfer pad; (c) at least partially curing the ink transferred on the mold to form a colored film; (d) dispensing a hydrogel lens-forming material into a lens-forming cavity of the mold; and (e) curing the lens-forming material within the lens-forming cavity to form the contact lens, whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens; characterized in that the relative air humidity in the immediate vicinities of the transfer pad/s is kept higher than 50% at standard temperature and pressure conditions during ink transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Inventors: Barry Atkins, Norbert Doerr, Alfred Fischer, Michael Quinn, Roland Schmieder, Robert Tucker
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Publication number: 20050176158Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for analyzing an analyte in a hydrogel contact lens following its wear on the eye, comprising the steps of (a) physically or chemically inducing a volume reduction of the hydrogel contact lens and thereby squeezing the analyte out of the polymer material making up the contact lens and (b) feeding the analyte obtained according to step (a) into an analyzer. The process of the invention provides a new concept for noninvasively measuring various analytes occurring in the tear fluid that is comfortable to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2003Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventors: Achim Muller, Roland Schmieder, Katharina Schmid