Patents by Inventor Steven R. Bacich

Steven R. Bacich 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).

  • Haptic to optic attachment for a soft iol
    Patent number: 4888013
    Abstract: A method of making an intraocular lens including providing a fixation member having a proximal end portion with the proximal end portion including an elongated filament, converting a region of said filament at said proximal end portion from a first configuration into a second configuration which is adapted to provide a mechanical interlock and molding an optic about the proximal end portion of the fixation member to form a mechanical interlock between the second configuration and the optic and to attach the fixation member to the optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert C. Ting, Timothy R. Willis, F. Richard Christ, Steven R. Bacich, Dean K. Pettit, Stanley L. Van Gent, Jeffrey C. Day
  • Haptic to optic attachment for a soft IOL
    Patent number: 4880426
    Abstract: A method of making an intraocular lens including providing a fixation member having a proximal end portion with the proximal end portion including an elongated filament, converting a region of said filament at said proximal end portion from a first configuration into a second configuration which is adapted to provide a mechanical interlock and molding an optic about the proximal end portion of the fixation member to form a mechanical interlock between the second configuration and the optic and to attach the fixation member to the optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert C. Ting, Timothy R. Willis, F. Richard Christ, Steven R. Bacich, Dean K. Pettit, Stanley L. Van Gent, Jeffrey C. Day