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Blumenkranz, CA
Mark Blumenkranz, Portola Valley, CA US
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| 20080281413 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING INCISIONS TO IMPROVE INTRAOCULAR LENS PLACEMENT - A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100137982 | Method For Creating Incisions To Improve Intraocular Lens Placement - A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100137983 | Intraocular Lens - A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member. | 06-03-2010 |
Mark S. Blumenkranz, Portola Valley, CA US
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| 20100103103 | Method And Device for Input Of Information Using Visible Touch Sensors - A device and method for manual input of information into computing device using a camera and visible touch sensors. An image of a virtual input device is displayed on a screen, and the positions of the visible touch sensors, recorded by the video camera, are overlaid on the image of the virtual input device, thus allowing the user to see the placement of the touch sensors relative to the keys or buttons on the virtual input device. The touch sensors change their appearance upon contact with a surface, and the camera records their position at the moment of change. This way information about the position of intended touch is recorded. Touch sensors can be binary (ON-OFF) or may have a graded response reflecting the extent of displacement or pressure of the touch sensor relative to the surface of contact. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100191226 | Method Of Patterned Plasma-Mediated Laser Trephination Of The Lens Capsule And Three Dimensional Phaco-Segmentation - System and method for making incisions in eye tissue at different depths. The system and method focuses light, possibly in a pattern, at various focal points which are at various depths within the eye tissue. A segmented lens can be used to create multiple focal points simultaneously. Optimal incisions can be achieved by sequentially or simultaneously focusing lights at different depths, creating an expanded column of plasma, and creating a beam with an elongated waist. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100249760 | Patterned Laser Treatment - Patterned laser treatment of the retina is provided. A visible alignment pattern having at least two separated spots is projected onto the retina. By triggering a laser subsystem, doses of laser energy are automatically provided to at least two treatment locations coincident with the alignment spots. All of the doses of laser energy may be delivered in less than about 1 second, which is a typical eye fixation time. A scanner can be used to sequentially move an alignment beam from spot to spot on the retina and to move a treatment laser beam from location to location on the retina. | 09-30-2010 |
Robert M. Blumenkranz, Brea, CA US
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| 20080310128 | Variable Height Plug-In Pads and Equalizers - The electronic component mounts the circuitry and connector pins at the bottom of a substrate. The upper portion of the substrate has one or more weakened horizontal lines allowing the user to break off part of the upper portion of the substrate. Doing so allows a technician to shorten the component so that it properly fits into a cable system amplifier. A cap with indicia or color-coding may fit over the top of the substrate to help handling the component and identifying its type and electrical values. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080313696 | Thermal Pad Controlled Equalizer - A thermal pad controlled equalizer that adjusts the slope and gain of an amplifier in response to changes in ambient temperature, effectively simulating automatic gain control. The equalizer has a slope pad and a gain pad. The slope pad increases the attenuation of the signal in response to increases in ambient temperature. The gain pad decreases the attenuation when ambient temperature increases. Thus, the slope and gain pads together compensate for temperature effects on the system. | 12-18-2008 |
Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20100298843 | CLEANING OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FORCE SENSOR - In one embodiment, a force sensing robotic surgical instrument includes a proximal housing linkable with a surgical robot arm, a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion operably coupled to the housing, and a force transducer operably coupled to the distal portion of the shaft, the force transducer having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a plurality of radial ribs, and a strain gauge positioned over each of the plurality of radial ribs, the radial ribs forming a plurality of through passages. The instrument further includes a wrist mechanism coupled to the distal portion of the force transducer, an end effector coupled to the wrist mechanism, and a flush manifold that receives a liquid from the proximal portion of the shaft and directs the liquid along a first subset of through passages of the force transducer toward the distal portion of the force transducer. A plenum at the distal portion of the force transducer collects the liquid from the first subset of through passages and redirects the liquid back toward the proximal portion of the shaft along a second subset of through passages different from the first subset of through passages. | 11-25-2010 |
Steve Blumenkranz, Redwood City, CA US
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| 20090238389 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN SITU CERUMEN REMOVAL FROM HEARING DEVICES - Various embodiments provide systems, methods and assemblies for in situ removal of cerumen from hearing devices positioned in the ear canal. One embodiments provides a fitting for in situ cerumen removal comprising a top portion shaped to be removably coupled to a hearing device component surface and a plurality of leg members extending axially from a perimeter of the top portion. The top portion has a plurality of openings and at least one flexible retaining element configured to releasably engage a retaining feature on the hearing device. The leg members are configured to fit over another surface of the hearing device component. The fitting is configured to remove cerumen obstructing a feature on the device component and can be removed from the device component without removing the hearing device from the ear canal. The fitting can also include a removal loop that has a non-deployed state and a deployed state. | 09-24-2009 |
Steven J. Blumenkranz, Redwood City, CA US
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| 20110137322 | Cooperative Minimally Invasive Telesurgical System - Improved robotic surgical systems, devices, and methods include selectably associatable master/slave pairs, often having more manipulator arms than will be moved simultaneously by the two hands of a surgeon. Four manipulator arms can support an image capture device, a left hand tissue manipulation tool, a right hand tissue manipulation tool, and a fourth surgical instrument, particularly for stabilizing, retracting, tool change, or other functions benefiting from intermittent movement. The four or more arms may sequentially be controlled by left and right master input control devices. The fourth arm may be used to support another image capture device, and control of some or all of the arms may be transferred back-and-forth between the operator and an assistant. Two or more robotic systems each having master controls and slave manipulators may be coupled to enable cooperative surgery between two or more operators. | 06-09-2011 |