Patents by Inventor Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee

Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee 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).

  • Patent number: 8734463
    Abstract: A method for implanting an intraocular lens into the eye of a subject includes placing the intraocular lens into the eye of a subject and administering a drug in an amount sufficient to maintain an accommodative state of the eye. The method further includes permitting at least a portion of the intraocular lens to become coupled to at least a portion of the eye while maintaining the eye in the accommodative state. In certain embodiments, the method may include forming an intraocular lens while maintaining an accommodative state of the eye. In such embodiments, the method may exclude permitting at least a portion of the intraocular lens to become coupled to at least a portion of the capsular bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Publication number: 20130317608
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 8496701
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Publication number: 20120232650
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BV
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 8182531
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Publication number: 20110112638
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BV
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 7871437
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Publication number: 20090018652
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for providing accommodative vision to a subject includes a frame disposed about an optical axis, a first optical element, a second optical element, and a connecting element operably coupling the frame to the optical elements. The frame comprises an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element. The connecting element is configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements in a direction that is substantially parallel to the optical axis into a second displacement between the optical elements that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. The second displacement may be translational and/or rotation. In some embodiments, the optical elements are two varifocal lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: AMO GRONINGEN BV
    Inventors: Erik Ad Hermans, Gerrit Ludolph van der Heijde, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 7156101
    Abstract: A method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant includes replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Publication number: 20040034415
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Patent number: 6598606
    Abstract: The vision of an eye having an impaired lens is stored with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmacia Groningen BV
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Publication number: 20020035399
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of restoring the vision of an eye having an impaired lens with an artificial lens implant. The method involves replacing the lens by a polymerizable material injected into the emptied lens capsule and thereby providing a new lens implant with a predetermined refractive value, while admitting the possibility of controlling and adjusting the refractive value of the eye during the surgical process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Hendrick Albert Weeber, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Patent number: 6013029
    Abstract: The concentration of a substance or group of substances in a body fluid is monitored by means of an interface held in contact with a living human or animal body and a detector is positioned downstream from the interface. A profusion fluid is passed from the interface to and along the detector at a flow rate of less than 60 .mu.l/hour. A constant flow is maintained at the low flow rate with very little or no supply of energy, allowing for a compact construction and reduced measurement delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventors: Jakob Korf, Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee
  • Patent number: 4051658
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing twistless yarn, in which a sliver or a roving consisting of a fibrous material containing at least two components, at least one being a potential adhesive, is wet-drafted, false twisted and then, after supplying additional moisture, bonded. After the application of additional moisture the fibrous sliver is passed through a narrow space and heated, such that only a small amount of moisture in the fibrous sliver evaporates and a rapid saturation of moisture in the space is obtained. The potentially adhesive component is thereby sufficiently activated by the residual moisture in the fibrous sliver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Assignee: Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Henricus Marie Terwee, Jan Nijhuis