| Anew Optics, Inc. Patent applications |
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| 20120330415 | HAPTIC DEVICES FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS - A haptic for fixation to, and manufacture in conjunction with, an intraocular lens to be implanted in the natural lens capsule of the human eye is disclosed. The haptic secures the lens in an appropriate position within the natural capsule so as to provide optimal visual acuity through the aphakic lens. The haptic ends are designed to position the lens neutrally, anteriorly or posteriorly within the lens envelope. The haptic has a of an anterior retention ring and a posterior retention ring. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120303119 | CAPSULAR OPACIFICATION BLOCKING LENS - The invention is directed to a lens that comprises an optic and two haptic rings, one positioned to rest against the posterior capsule distally outward from the optic zone, the other to rest on the anterior capsule some distance from the equator. The haptic rings of the lens are connected by segments of haptic material that may be arched or straight, and sections of open space to provide for ample circulation of the aqueous humor. The optic is positioned against the posterior capsule as close as possible to the nodal zone of the eye. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20110313523 | Pseudophakic Accommodating Intraocular Lens - The invention is directed to an assembly comprising a haptic for fixation to, and manufacture in conjunction with, an intraocular lens to be implanted in the natural lens capsule of an eye. The haptic of the invention comprises a continuous ribbon forming an essentially oblong shape having anterior and posterior portions relative to the elliptical center of the haptic, wherein the ribbon loop includes two or more essentially congruent ribbon arches in each portion, and each ribbon arch has a natural index of curvature with an inner and outer edges. designed to expand the eye capsule and put tension on the zonules of the eye. The ribbon affixes to the lens on each side of the optic edge at a point or a series of points that provides suitable centration and stability of the optic, and to suspend the optic in the open capsular space. The material of the haptic is preferably somewhat flexible, and elastic, so as to provide a constant, positive force on the capsule throughout all phases of accommodation, thereby preserving tension of the zonules and allowing the capsule to change shape naturally. The haptic ribbons may be solid or of an open work structure to increase the amount of hydration available to the lens capsule. A secondary haptic ribbon, affixed to a plano optical plate, may be located on the posterior capsular surface and oriented so that the haptic arms extend through the capsular prime meridian to the anterior capsular surface at a 90° angle from the anterior haptic ribbons, thus providing for a capsular configuration as natural as possible, yet associated with an intraocular lens that may be inserted through an incision of less than 3 millimeters. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313522 | Pseudophakic Accommodating Intraocular Lens - The invention is directed to an assembly comprising a haptic for fixation to, and manufacture in conjunction with, an intraocular lens to be implanted in the natural lens capsule of an eye. The haptic of the invention comprises a continuous ribbon forming an essentially oblong shape having anterior and posterior portions relative to the elliptical center of the haptic, wherein the ribbon loop includes two or more essentially congruent ribbon arches in each portion, and each ribbon arch has a natural index of curvature with an inner and outer edges. designed to expand the eye capsule and put tension on the zonules of the eye. The ribbon affixes to the lens on each side of the optic edge at a point or a series of points that provides suitable centration and stability of the optic, and to suspend the optic in the open capsular space. The material of the haptic is preferably somewhat flexible, and elastic, so as to provide a constant, positive force on the capsule throughout all phases of accommodation, thereby preserving tension of the zonules and allowing the capsule to change shape naturally. The haptic ribbons may be solid or of an open work structure to increase the amount of hydration available to the lens capsule. A secondary haptic ribbon, affixed to a plano optical plate, may be located on the posterior capsular surface and oriented so that the haptic arms extend through the capsular prime meridian to the anterior capsular surface at a 90° angle from the anterior haptic ribbons, thus providing for a capsular configuration as natural as possible, yet associated with an intraocular lens that may be inserted through an incision of less than 3 millimeters. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110191086 | MODEL OF ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENS - The invention is directed to a model comprising a diagrammatical and geometric simplification of the components of the natural eye whose functionality is fundamental to the successful performance of a pseudo-aphakic accommodative lens. This model allows for a functional correlation of each component of the ophthalmic device with the patient needs. The eye model was developed to show the movement of the eye from the distance vision to the near vision positions through multiple phases of accommodative motion. The inventive model was developed using a mathematical series of formulas to calculate each of the components of focal accommodation in a human eye, quantify these, and construct the pictorial ramifications of such calculations. The inventive model presents an analysis of accommodative dynamics in the human eye with the natural lens in place. The inventive model also demonstrates the accommodative dynamics with a proprietary IOL in place of the natural lens and situated within the lens capsule. | 08-04-2011 |
