Patents by Inventor Yair Alster

Yair Alster 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: 11947196
    Abstract: Dynamic contact lenses fabricated with a dynamic portion that extends outward from the peripheral portion are disclosed. When worn on an eye the dynamic portion forms a tear lens for correcting vision. The dynamic portion can also be configured to provide a dynamic tear lens that changes optical power with forces applied by eyelids. The dynamic portion can be configured to assume a conforming configuration and at least one non-conforming configuration, or can be configured to assume at least two non-conforming configurations. The dynamic contact lenses can be used for correcting vision such as correcting presbyopia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PRES-BY VISION LTD.
    Inventors: Omer Rafaeli, Eugene De Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Ofer Pintel, Matt Clarke
  • Patent number: 11918458
    Abstract: Described herein are intraocular lenses and methods of implantation. In one aspect, the lens includes a shape changing optical element; a force translation element having a first end region coupled to the optical element and a second end region extending towards a ciliary structure, and an attachment portion coupled to the second end region of the force translation element and configured to contact the ciliary structure. The force translation element is configured to functionally transmit movements of the ciliary structure into a force exerted upon the optical element to effect an accommodating and a disaccommodating change of the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ForSight Vision6, Inc.
    Inventors: Cary Reich, Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster
  • Publication number: 20240045233
    Abstract: Dynamic contact lenses fabricated with a dynamic portion that extends outward from the peripheral portion are disclosed. When worn on an eye the dynamic portion forms a tear lens for correcting vision. The dynamic portion can also be configured to provide a dynamic tear lens that changes optical power with forces applied by eyelids. The dynamic portion can be configured to assume a conforming configuration and at least one non-conforming configuration, or can be configured to assume at least two non-conforming configurations. The dynamic contact lenses can be used for correcting vision such as correcting presbyopia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Omer RAFAELI, Eugene DE JUAN, JR., Yair ALSTER, Ofer PINTEL, Matt CLARKE
  • Publication number: 20230399317
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment or prevention of ocular surface disorders including meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, dry eye disease and other inflammatory and/or infectious diseases of the anterior surface of the eye(s). Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic conjugates which demonstrate keratolytic activity, and anti-inflammatory or other desirable activities. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from ocular surface disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Charles BOSWORTH, Mark Richard STEWART, Hila BARASH, Nicholas Andrew CHAPMAN, Robert M. BURK, Ian HOLMES, Marc GLEESON, Yair ALSTER, Omer RAFAELI, Jonathan DUNN
  • Patent number: 11813196
    Abstract: An apparatus to treat a patient comprises a container to receive fluid of a device implanted in the eye. The fluid of the device can be analyzed to determine a component of the vitreous humor of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Signe Erickson, Darren Doud, Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Publication number: 20230357207
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of ocular surface disorders including meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, dry eye disease and other inflammatory and/or infectious disease of the anterior surface of the eye. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic conjugates which demonstrate keratolytic activity, and anti-inflammatory or other desirable activities. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from ocular surface disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ian HOLMES, Yair ALSTER, Hila BARASH, Charles BOSWORTH, Omer RAFAELI, Marc GLEESON, Mark Richard STEWART, Robert M. BURK, Jonathan DUNN, Nicholas CHAPMAN
  • Publication number: 20230346832
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods treating a disease or disorder in or around the eye with a pharmaceutical composition comprising selenium disulfide (SeS2) and instructing the treated individual to limit or avoid exposure to light following administration in order to reduce the adverse effect of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yair ALSTER, Charles BOSWORTH, Hila EPSTEIN-BARASH, Omer RAFAELI
  • Publication number: 20230348517
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of ocular surface disorders including meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, dry eye disease and other inflammatory/infections disease of the anterior surface of the eye. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic conjugate which demonstrate keratolytic activity, and anti-inflammatory or other desirable activities. Topical administration of said compositions to the eye, ocular surface or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from ocular surface disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ian HOLMES, Yair ALSTER, Hila BARASH, Charles BOSWORTH, Omer RAFAELI, Marc GLEESON, Mark Richard STEWART, Jonathan DUNN
  • Publication number: 20230338282
    Abstract: A therapeutic device to release a therapeutic agent comprises a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir comprises a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in the patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. A plurality of interconnecting channels can extend from the first side to the second side so as to connect a first a plurality of openings on the first side with a second plurality of openings on the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Steven M. Chamow, Kathleen C. Farinas, Hanson S. Gifford, III, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Michael Barrett, Randolph E. Campbell, Robert George, Douglas Sutton
  • Patent number: 11786396
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Darren Doud, Signe Erickson, Mike Barrett, David Batten, Christina Skieller, Greg Stine
  • Publication number: 20230277126
    Abstract: Systems and relative method of monitoring the state of a subject’s retinal disease employ remote based OCT imaging of a subject’s retina. A method includes receiving optical coherence tomography (OCT) image data of a retina of a subject for each of a series of OCT imaging sessions of the retina. The OCT image data of the retina is processed to determine a series of measured extent values. Each of the one or more measured extent values is indicative of a respective extent of the retinal disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Notal Vision Ltd.
    Inventors: Amit Pascal, Kester Nahen, Hanoch Gideon Benyamini, Omer Rafaeli, Yair Alster, Moshe Havilio, Yael Alon, Elad Bergman
  • Patent number: 11723536
    Abstract: Ophthalmic imaging systems and related methods provide pseudo feedback to aid a user in aligning the user's eye with an optical axis of the imaging system. An ophthalmic imaging system includes an ophthalmic imaging device having an optical axis, a display device, an eye camera, and a control unit. The display device displays a fixation target viewable by the user. The eye camera images the eye to generate eye image data. The control unit processes the eye image data to determine a position of the eye relative to the optical axis, processes the position of the eye relative to the optical axis to generate a pseudo position of the eye relative to the optical axis, and causes the display device to display an indication that provides feedback to the user that the eye is located at the pseudo position of the eye relative to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Notal Vision, Ltd.
    Inventors: Amit Pascal, Omer Rafaeli, Yair Alster, Gidon Goren-Gratzyani
  • Publication number: 20230218642
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic agents, such as salicylic acid, selenium disulfide, or the like. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from meibomian gland dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yair ALSTER, Omer RAFAELI, Kirsten Angela MACFARLANE, Cary REICH, Shimon AMSELEM, Doron FRIEDMAN
  • Patent number: 11679027
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide treatment with a first therapeutic agent and a second therapeutic agent for an extended time. The first therapeutic agent may comprise a VEGF inhibitor and the second therapeutic agent may comprise an antiinflammatory, such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, for example a cyclooxygenase inhibitor. One or more of the first therapeutic agent or the second therapeutic agent can be injected into the eye, for example injected into a therapeutic device implanted into the eye to release the injected therapeutic agent for an extended time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, K. Angela MacFarlane, Signe Erickson
  • Publication number: 20230181356
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ocular device including a first structure formed of a first material providing a first shape to the ocular device prior to positioning the ocular device on the surface of the eye, a second structure formed of a second, different material having a tubular structure and a lumen through which the first structure extends, and at least one therapeutic agent is dispersed within the second material of the second structure. The first shape of the ocular device conforms to a second, different shape after positioning the ocular device on the surface of the eye. Upon being removed from the eye, the ocular device retains the second shape or changes to a third shape different from both the first shape and the second shape. Related apparatus, systems and method are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Anne Brody Rubin, Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich
  • Patent number: 11643429
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of ocular surface disorders including meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, dry eye disease and other inflammatory/infections disease of the anterior surface of the eye. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic conjugate which demonstrate keratolytic activity, and anti-inflammatory or other desirable activities. Topical administration of said compositions to the eye, ocular surface or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from ocular surface disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: AZURA OPHTHALMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Holmes, Yair Alster, Hila Barash, Charles Bosworth, Omer Rafaeli, Marc Gleeson, Mark Richard Stewart, Jonathan Dunn
  • Patent number: 11642310
    Abstract: A therapeutic device to release a therapeutic agent comprises a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir comprises a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in the patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. A plurality of interconnecting channels can extend from the first side to the second side so as to connect a first a plurality of openings on the first side with a second plurality of openings on the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Steven M. Chamow, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, Hanson S. Gifford, III, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Michael Barrett, Randolph E. Campbell, Robert George, Douglas Sutton
  • Patent number: 11634411
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of ocular surface disorders including meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, dry eye disease and other inflammatory and/or infectious disease of the anterior surface of the eye. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic conjugates which demonstrate keratolytic activity, and anti-inflammatory or other desirable activities. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from ocular surface disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: AZURA OPHTHALMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Holmes, Yair Alster, Hila Barash, Charles Bosworth, Omer Rafaeli, Marc Gleeson, Mark Richard Stewart, Robert M. Burk, Jonathan Dunn, Nicholas Chapman
  • Patent number: 11633410
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic agents, such as salicylic acid, selenium disulfide, or the like. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from meibomian gland dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: AZURA OPHTHALMICS LTD
    Inventors: Yair Alster, Omer Rafaeli, Kirsten Angela Macfarlane, Cary Reich, Shimon Amselem, Doron Friedman
  • Publication number: 20230101855
    Abstract: Retinal imaging systems and related methods employ a user specific approach for controlling the reference arm length in an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging device. A method includes restraining a user's head relative to an OCT imaging device. A reference arm length adjustment module is controlled to vary a reference arm length to search a user specific range of reference arm lengths to identify a reference arm length for which the OCT image detector produces an OCT signal corresponding to the retina of the user. The user specific range of reference arm lengths covers a smaller range of reference arm lengths than a reference arm length adjustment range of the reference arm length adjustment module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Notal Vision Ltd.
    Inventors: Amit Pascal, Omer Rafaeli, Yair Alster, Gidon Goren-Gratzyani