Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Silverstrini

Thomas A. Silverstrini 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).

  • Ocular implant delivery systems and methods
    Patent number: 8337393
    Abstract: Described herein are delivery devices and methods of using the devices for delivering an ocular implant into a suprachoroidal space without use of a goniolens. The delivery device includes a handle including a channel extending from a proximal end of the handle to a distal end of the handle, an applier coupled to the handle, the applier including a blunt distal tip and an elongate, flexible wire insertable through a fluid channel of an ocular implant, and a fiber optic image bundle reversibly inserted through the channel such that the fiber optic image bundle extends to a region proximal to the blunt distal tip of the applier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Transcend Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Silverstrini, Richard S. Lilly
  • Hybrid intrastromal corneal ring
    Patent number: 6966927
    Abstract: This invention is a hybrid intrastromal corneal ring (“ICR”) comprising at least one outer layer of a physiologically compatible polymer having a low modulus of elasticity, which polymer may be hydratable and may be hydrophilic. The inner portion of the ICR may be hollow or may contain one or more physiologically compatible polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Addition Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Silverstrini
  • Hybrid intrastromal corneal ring
    Patent number: 6214044
    Abstract: This invention is an intrastromal corneal ring having comprising at least one outer layer of a physiologically compatible polymer having a low modulus of elasticity, which polymer may be hydratable and may be hydrophilic. The inner portion of the hybrid intrastromal corneal ring may be hollow or may contain one or more physiologically compatible polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: KeraVision, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Silverstrini
  • Hybrid intrastromal corneal ring
    Patent number: 5888243
    Abstract: This invention is an intrastromal corneal ring housing comprising at least one outer layer of a physiologically compatible polymer having a low modulus of elasticity, which polymer may be hydratable and may be hydrophilic. The inner portion of the hybird intrastromal corneal ring may be hollow or may contain one or more physiologically compatible polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: KeraVision, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Silverstrini