Patents by Inventor Steven Edward Smathers

Steven Edward Smathers 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: 20230414909
    Abstract: A customizable drug delivery system and method utilizing a laser pattern generator (LPG) to define application of a drug delivery payload (DDP) contained within a drug delivery device (DDD) to a drug delivery target (DDT) is disclosed. A computer control device (CCD) supervises the LPG to select a drug payload pathway (DPP) from a drug pathway database (DPD) and writes the selected DPP to the DDD. This pathway patterning process (PPP) modifies the hydrophilic properties of the DDD and enables the DDD to selectively attract and absorb the DDP. The DDD is then injected with the DDP or exposed for drug exposure time (DET) by the CCD and DPD during which the DPP written to the DDD absorbs a controlled amount of DDP. The DDD when subsequently inserted into a drug delivery target (DDT) delivers the DDP to the DDT under controlled delivery rates defined by the DPP and the DET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ruth (nmn) Sahler, Steven Edward Smathers
  • Patent number: 11779739
    Abstract: A customizable drug delivery system and method utilizing a laser pattern generator (LPG) to define application of a drug delivery payload (DDP) contained within a drug delivery device (DDD) to a drug delivery target (DDT) is disclosed. A computer control device (CCD) supervises the LPG to select a drug payload pathway (DPP) from a drug pathway database (DPD) and writes the selected DPP to the DDD. This pathway patterning process (PPP) modifies the hydrophilic properties of the DDD and enables the DDD to selectively attract and absorb the DDP. The DDD is then injected with the DDP or exposed for drug exposure time (DET) by the CCD and DPD during which the DPP written to the DDD absorbs a controlled amount of DDP. The DDD when subsequently inserted into a drug delivery target (DDT) delivers the DDP to the DDT under controlled delivery rates defined by the DPP and the DET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ruth Sahler, Steven Edward Smathers
  • Publication number: 20200203023
    Abstract: A customizable drug delivery system and method utilizing a laser pattern generator (LPG) to define application of a drug delivery payload (DDP) contained within a drug delivery device (DDD) to a drug delivery target (DDT) is disclosed. A computer control device (CCD) supervises the LPG to select a drug payload pathway (DPP) from a drug pathway database (DPD) and writes the selected DPP to the DDD. This pathway patterning process (PPP) modifies the hydrophilic properties of the DDD and enables the DDD to selectively attract and absorb the DDP. The DDD is then injected with the DDP or exposed for drug exposure time (DET) by the CCD and DPD during which the DPP written to the DDD absorbs a controlled amount of DDP. The DDD when subsequently inserted into a drug delivery target (DDT) delivers the DDP to the DDT under controlled delivery rates defined by the DPP and the DET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Ruth Sahler, Steven Edward Smathers
  • Patent number: 10576704
    Abstract: A system/method allowing personalized ex vivo customization of a generic ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) or ophthalmic lens with known diopter (OKD) based on localized field-measured patient characteristics is disclosed. The OLB is composed of a clear material that contains an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing compound. The refractive index of a portion of the clear material may be customized by spatial modification (CSM) of its refractive index via the use of pulsed laser radiation (PLR). The customization of clear material (i) creates a lens which cannot be created otherwise, or (ii) eliminates the need for remote laboratory fabrication of a customized intraocular lens (IOL) for the patient. The OLB is retained within a secured lens container (SLC) providing for precise physical orientation of the OLB haptics and OLB lens structure with respect to the application of PLR to the OLB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: PERFECT IP, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Edward Smathers, Ruth Sahler
  • Patent number: 10495900
    Abstract: A system/method allowing personalized ex vivo customization of a generic ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) or ophthalmic lens with known diopter (OKD) based on localized field-measured patient characteristics is disclosed. The OLB is composed of an acrylic material that has been infused with an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing compound rendering it amenable to customized spatial modification (CSM) of its refractive index via the use of pulsed laser radiation (PLR). The CSM of refractive index eliminates the need for remote laboratory fabrication of a customized intraocular lens (IOL) for the patient. The OLB is retained within a secured lens container (SLC) providing for precise physical orientation of the OLB haptics and OLB lens structure with respect to the application of PLR to the OLB. The SLC contains a lens filler material (LFM) covering the OLB and is hermetically sealed after the OLB has been positioned within the SLC interior and prior to sterilization of the SLC+OLB combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PERFECT IP, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Edward Smathers, Ruth Sahler
  • Publication number: 20180231800
    Abstract: A system/method allowing personalized ex vivo customization of a generic ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) or ophthalmic lens with known diopter (OKD) based on localized field-measured patient characteristics is disclosed. The OLB is composed of an acrylic material that has been infused with an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing compound rendering it amenable to customized spatial modification (CSM) of its refractive index via the use of pulsed laser radiation (PLR). The CSM of refractive index eliminates the need for remote laboratory fabrication of a customized intraocular lens (IOL) for the patient. The OLB is retained within a secured lens container (SLC) providing for precise physical orientation of the OLB haptics and OLB lens structure with respect to the application of PLR to the OLB. The SLC contains a lens filler material (LFM) covering the OLB and is hermetically sealed after the OLB has been positioned within the SLC interior and prior to sterilization of the SLC+OLB combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: PERFECT IP, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Edward Smathers, Ruth Sahler
  • Publication number: 20180229459
    Abstract: A system/method allowing personalized ex vivo customization of a generic ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) or ophthalmic lens with known diopter (OKD) based on localized field-measured patient characteristics is disclosed. The OLB is composed of a clear material that contains an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing compound. The refractive index of a portion of the clear material may be customized by spatial modification (CSM) of its refractive index via the use of pulsed laser radiation (PLR). The customization of clear material (i) creates a lens which cannot be created otherwise, or (ii) eliminates the need for remote laboratory fabrication of a customized intraocular lens (IOL) for the patient. The OLB is retained within a secured lens container (SLC) providing for precise physical orientation of the OLB haptics and OLB lens structure with respect to the application of PLR to the OLB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: PERFECT IP, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Edward Smathers, Ruth Sahler