Patents by Inventor Sheila Hickson-Curran

Sheila Hickson-Curran 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).

  • Methods for Rotationally Stabilizing Contact Lenses
    Publication number: 20070139610
    Abstract: The invention provides lenses contact lenses which have improved dynamic stabilization and that utilize one or more thin zones in the lens'periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Susan Neadle, Sheila Hickson-Curran, Philippe Jubin
  • Methods for rotationally stabilizing contact lenses
    Publication number: 20050259220
    Abstract: The invention provides lenses contact lenses which have improved dynamic stabilization and that utilize one or more thin zones in the lens' periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Susan Neadle, Sheila Hickson-Curran, Philippe Jubin
  • Rotationally stabilized contact lenses
    Publication number: 20050237482
    Abstract: The invention provides a lens in which the lens periphery is controlled as to each of thickness differential and both the rate of change from thinner to thicker regions and the shape of the transition from thinner to thicker regions within each of the dual thin zones. The lens of the invention substantially reduces the time for the lens' auto-positioning. Additionally, the lenses of the invention maintain their on-eye orientation better as compared to conventionally stabilized lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Philippe Jubin, Susan Neadle, Sheila Hickson-Curran, Timothy Clutterbuck, Matias Heinrich, Christopher Wildsmith
  • Methods for reducing corneal staining in contact lens wearers
    Publication number: 20050088614
    Abstract: The invention provides lenses in which peak pressure under the lens wearer's eyelids is reduced. The invention provides lens designs that reduce or eliminate mechanical chaffing of the cornea even in lenses made of high modulus materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Philippe Jubin, Sheila Hickson-Curran, Susan Neadle, William Jones
  • ROTATIONALLY STABILIZED CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20050041202
    Abstract: The invention provides a lens in which the lens periphery is controlled as to each of thickness differential and both the rate of change from thinner to thicker regions and the shape of the transition from thinner to thicker regions within each of the dual thin zones. The lens of the invention substantially reduces the time for the lens' auto-positioning. Additionally, the lenses of the invention maintain their on-eye orientation better as compared to conventionally stabilized lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Philippe Jubin, Susan Neadle, Sheila Hickson-Curran, Timothy Clutterbuck, Matias Heinrich
  • Methods for designing multifocal ophthalmic lenses
    Patent number: 6520638
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for designing lenses useful for correcting presbyopia, lenses incorporating such designs and methods for producing these lenses. The lenses of the invention exhibit a better distribution of the distance and near vision powers within the multifocal zone and, thus, improved visual acuity and wearer satisfaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Roffman, Philippe F. Jubin, Timothy R. Poling, Michael Skinner, Sheila Hickson-Curran
  • Tinted contact lenses
    Publication number: 20020080327
    Abstract: The invention provides tinted contact lenses, and methods for their manufacture, that alter the natural color of the lens wearer's iris. The lenses use a base layer of translucent color having a clear central zone and a translucent color zone in combination with one or more layers of translucent color, one or more layers of opaque color, or a combination thereof, each of which additional zones has a clear central zone and a zone of color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas G. Clark, Khaled A. Chehab, Sheila Hickson-Curran, Karin D. McCarthy