Patents by Inventor Thad Anthony Labbe

Thad Anthony Labbe 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: 20240189144
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical instrument for cataract removal and methods of use are disclosed. The ophthalmic surgical instrument includes a housing, a wire connecting the housing, and a helical corkscrew extending from the wire. The helical corkscrew has one or two 360 degrees turn configurations. The helical corkscrew has an interior passage and a beveled tip. The tip impales a cataract by creating an opening in the cataract. The helical corkscrew is twisted such that the tip rotates inside of the cataract allowing removal of the fluid at different depths, and pushes up pieces of the cataract for removal. The housing connects to an ultrasound handpiece for transmitting ultrasound waves to break up the cataract and suck out the pieces of the cataract. The housing connects to a syringe body for injecting a viscoelastic into the eye through said helical corkscrew to keep the eye from collapsing during the use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventor: Thad Anthony Labbe
  • Publication number: 20230263662
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical instrument for cataract removal surgery includes a helical coil structure including a wire or elongated structure coiled in a plurality essentially similar diameter coils of 360-degree turns in a corkscrew having a coil diameter sufficiently small to fit within an incision of a human ocular lens capsule for entering the human ocular lens capsule during a cataract removal surgery. A pointed sharp end pierces and grasps a human ocular lens under the control of a surgeon upon being inserted in a human ocular lens capsule within said ocular lens capsule during a cataract removal surgery. The corkscrew structure firmly holds the human ocular lens and controls the position and movement of the human ocular lens during said cataract removal surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Thad Anthony Labbe
  • Patent number: 11517475
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical instrument for cataract removal surgery includes a helical coil structure including a wire or elongated structure coiled in a plurality essentially similar diameter coils of 360-degree turns in a corkscrew having a coil diameter sufficiently small to fit within an incision of a human ocular lens capsule for entering the human ocular lens capsule during a cataract removal surgery. A pointed sharp end pierces and grasps a human ocular lens under the control of a surgeon upon being inserted in a human ocular lens capsule within said ocular lens capsule during a cataract removal surgery. The corkscrew structure firmly holds the human ocular lens and controls the position and movement of the human ocular lens during said cataract removal surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Thad Anthony Labbe
  • Publication number: 20210038430
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical instrument for cataract removal surgery includes a helical coil structure including a wire or elongated structure coiled in a plurality essentially similar diameter coils of 360-degree turns in a corkscrew having a coil diameter sufficiently small to fit within an incision of a human ocular lens capsule for entering the human ocular lens capsule during a cataract removal surgery. A pointed sharp end pierces and grasps a human ocular lens under the control of a surgeon upon being inserted in a human ocular lens capsule within said ocular lens capsule during a cataract removal surgery. The corkscrew structure firmly holds the human ocular lens and controls the position and movement of the human ocular lens during said cataract removal surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventor: Thad Anthony Labbe
  • Publication number: 20200100941
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical instrument for cataract removal surgery includes a helical coil structure including a wire or elongated structure coiled in a plurality essentially similar diameter coils of 360-degree turns in a corkscrew having a coil diameter sufficiently small to fit within an incision of a human ocular lens capsule for entering the human ocular lens capsule during a cataract removal surgery. A pointed sharp end pierces and grasps a human ocular lens under the control of a surgeon upon being inserted in a human ocular lens capsule within said ocular lens capsule during a cataract removal surgery. The corkscrew structure firmly holds the human ocular lens and controls the position and movement of the human ocular lens during said cataract removal surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Thad Anthony Labbe