Patents by Inventor Spencer Thornton

Spencer Thornton 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).

  • Publication number: 20130103537
    Abstract: A system for electronic self-service shopping includes a server and modules for interacting with a shopper's mobile device. The server interacts with a merchant's store system to provide information about products within a store. Alternatively, the server interacts with a merchant enterprise system, which contains information about multiple stores, to provide information about products within a particular store. A virtual shopping cart allows a shopper to select products and then purchase them electronically. After the items in the virtual shopping cart are purchased, the store's security system is notified of the items that have recently been purchased to allow the shopper to exit the store with the items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Spencer Thornton Hewett
  • Publication number: 20060116759
    Abstract: As humans age, there is a general loss of accommodation, termed presbyopia, which eventually leaves the eye unable to focus on near objects. This loss in ability to focus on near objects is a consequence of continued growth of the lens and crowding of the lens, zonules and ciliary body within the posterior chamber. Expansion of the posterior chamber is achieved by placing radial incisions in the sclera over the ciliary body. The method of correcting presbyopia according to the present invention is by making permanent the expansion of the sclera produced by incisions made in the sclera over the ciliary muscle by means of tissue barriers placed in the incisions, preventing contraction of the incision, and acting as a retainer of the increased circumference. With expansion of the posterior chamber, the effective working distance between the lens and ciliary muscle is restored and presbyopia reversed. The tissue barriers of the present invention are solid bars containing pre-placed integral sutures for fixation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Spencer Thornton, James Hays
  • Publication number: 20060116760
    Abstract: As humans age, there is a general loss of accommodation, termed presbyopia, which eventually leaves the eye unable to focus on near objects. This loss in ability to focus on near objects is a consequence of continued growth of the lens and crowding of the lens, zonules and ciliary body within the posterior chamber. Expansion of the posterior chamber is achieved by placing radial incisions in the sclera over the ciliary body. The method of correcting presbyopia according to the present invention is by making permanent the expansion of the sclera produced by incisions made in the sclera over the ciliary muscle by means of tissue barriers placed in the incisions, preventing contraction of the incision, and acting as a retainer of the increased circumference. With expansion of the posterior chamber, the effective working distance between the lens and ciliary muscle is restored and presbyopia reversed. The tissue barriers of the present invention are solid bars containing pre-placed integral sutures for fixation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Spencer Thornton, James Hays, Hideharu Fukasaku