Patents by Inventor Walter G. Wrobel

Walter G. Wrobel 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).

  • Method for treating an eye
    Patent number: 9199080
    Abstract: In a method for treating at least one eye of a patient in need of such treatment with a pulsed electrical stimulation signal, first an individual parameter of the patient is determined, thereafter at least one stimulation parameter of the pulsed electrical stimulation signal is set depending on the at least one individual parameter, and then the pulsed electrical stimulation signal is applied to the at least one eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Okuvision GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Gekeler, Walter G. Wrobel, Andre Messias
  • Active retinal implant
    Patent number: 9162060
    Abstract: An active retinal implant (10) to be implanted into an eye has an array (16) of stimulation elements (17) that emit stimulation signals to cells of the retina, wherein the stimulation elements (17) are designed as radiation-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Retina Implant AG
    Inventors: Walter G. Wrobel, Eberhart Zrenner, Albrecht Rothermel
  • Device for electrostimulation
    Patent number: 8639345
    Abstract: A device for electrostimulation of the eye is provided with a spectacles-like supporting frame (11) which has a nose part (12) and an arrangement (17, 18), connected to the nose part (12), for holding the supporting frame (11) on the head of the patient, wherein at least one stimulation electrode (26, 27) is arranged on the nose part (12). Furthermore, provision is made for at least two electrode holders (22, 23, 24, 25) on the nose part (12), between which electrode holders an interchangeable, wire-shaped stimulation electrode (26, 27) is clamped (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Okuvision GmbH
    Inventors: Carmen Eipper, Walter G. Wrobel
  • DEVICE FOR ELECTROSTIMULATION
    Publication number: 20130184782
    Abstract: A device for electrostimulation of the eye is provided with a spectacles-like supporting frame (11) which has a nose part (12) and an arrangement (17, 18), connected to the nose part (12), for holding the supporting frame (11) on the head of the patient, wherein at least one stimulation electrode (26, 27) is arranged on the nose part (12). Furthermore, provision is made for at least two electrode holders (22, 23, 24, 25) on the nose part (12), between which electrode holders an interchangeable, wire-shaped stimulation electrode (26, 27) is clamped (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Okuvision GmbH
    Inventors: Carmen Eipper, Walter G. Wrobel
  • Method for treating an eye
    Publication number: 20130066396
    Abstract: In a method for treating at least one eye of a patient in need of such treatment with a pulsed electrical stimulation signal, first an individual parameter of the patient is determined, thereafter at least one stimulation parameter of the pulsed electrical stimulation signal is set depending on the at least one individual parameter, and then the pulsed electrical stimulation signal is applied to the at least one eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Okuvision GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Gekeler, Walter G. Wrobel, Andre Messias
  • ACTIVE RETINAL IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20120130302
    Abstract: An active retinal implant (10) to be implanted into an eye has an array (16) of stimulation elements (17) that emit stimulation signals to cells of the retina, wherein the stimulation elements (17) are designed as radiation-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Retina Implant AG
    Inventors: Walter G. WROBEL, Eberhart Zrenner, Albrecht Rothermel
  • ACTIVE SUB-RETINA IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20090216295
    Abstract: An active retina implant (10) for implantation into an eye has a multiplicity of stimulation electrodes (22) that emit electrical stimulation signals to cells of the retina that are to be contacted. Further, the implant has a multiplicity of image elements (18) that convert incident light into the stimulation signals. Said multiplicity of stimulation electrodes (22) are divided into at least two groups of stimulation electrodes (22) that are triggered in chronological succession to emit stimulation signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Eberhart Zrenner, Walter G. Wrobel, Florian Gekeler, Alex Harscher, Robert Wilke