Patents by Inventor Walter Kohn

Walter Kohn 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).

  • Characterization and correction of macular distortion
    Patent number: 8708495
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting vision in macular degeneration patients. Following a diagnostic procedure which has been successfully tested to determine the factors needed to correct the vision of a patient with macular degeneration, the present invention describes a prototype correcting procedure and device using a computer program and display device. Through manipulation of a grid and quantitative analysis of the manipulations, the extent and correction factors needed to correct the vision of a macular degeneration patient are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents fo the University of California
    Inventors: Walter Kohn, James A. Klingshirn
  • CHARACTERIZATION AND CORRECTION OF MACULAR DISTORTION
    Publication number: 20110285960
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting vision in macular degeneration patients. Following a diagnostic procedure which has been successfully tested to determine the factors needed to correct the vision of a patient with macular degeneration, the present invention describes a prototype correcting procedure and device using a computer program and display device. Through manipulation of a grid and quantitative analysis of the manipulations, the extent and correction factors needed to correct the vision of a macular degeneration patient are discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Walter Kohn, James A. Klingshirn