Patents by Inventor Yuriko Mizumoto

Yuriko Mizumoto 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).

  • Device for inhibiting aftercataract
    Patent number: 5275624
    Abstract: A device for inhibiting aftercataracts being made of a material having a resilient property and having substantially circular shape so as to internally contact an equator of a lenticular capsule. The device includes an aperture at a central portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hara, Takako Hara, Yoshiharu Yamada, Yuriko Mizumoto, Hidenobu Nagai
  • Intraocular lens having balloon member and tube filled with gel
    Patent number: 5213579
    Abstract: An intraocular lens including a balloon member formed of an elastomer and adapted to be inserted into a capsular bag of an eye, an optically transparent fluid which is injected into the balloon member so that the balloon member expands and fills the capsular bag, and a tube provided on the balloon member and having a bore through which the optically transparent fluid is injected into the balloon member. The bore of the tube is filled with and fluid-tightly closed by a gel filler. The fluid serving as a lens medium is injected into the balloon member through the tube, with the gel filler inhibiting leakage of the fluid from the balloon member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Menicon Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Yamada, Yuriko Mizumoto