Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Shinoda

Shinichiro Shinoda 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).

  • Patent number: 4776687
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting ophthalmic disease such as a cataract in the lens of a patient's eye includes means for focussing a laser beam and slit light alternatively or simultaneously at a selected spot in the lens of the eye. The slit light is used in a monitoring or adjustment mode to illuminate the selected spot and its adjacent portion on which the laser beam is to be focussed for ophthalmic disease detection, thereby making easier the identification of spots to be measured in the lens of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaji Nakanishi, Koichiro Kakizawa, Nobuyuki Yasuda, Shinichiro Shinoda