Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Eye prosthesis – Intraocular lens
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-25
2008-11-18
McDermott, Corrine (Department: 3738)
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Eye prosthesis
Intraocular lens
Reexamination Certificate
active
07452378
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed an accommodating intraocular lens for implantation in an eye having an optical axis. The lens comprises an anterior portion which in turn comprises an anterior viewing element and an anterior biasing element. The lens further comprises a posterior portion which in turn comprises a posterior viewing element in spaced relationship to the anterior viewing element and a posterior biasing element. The anterior portion and posterior portion meet at first and second apices of the intraocular lens. The anterior portion and the posterior portion and/or the apices are responsive to force thereon to cause the separation between the viewing elements to change. Additional embodiments and methods are also disclosed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3222432 (1965-12-01), Grandperret
patent: 4240163 (1980-12-01), Galin
patent: 4254509 (1981-03-01), Tennant
patent: 4409691 (1983-10-01), Levy
patent: 4426741 (1984-01-01), Bittner
patent: 4655770 (1987-04-01), Gupta et al.
patent: 4666445 (1987-05-01), Tillay
patent: 4702244 (1987-10-01), Mazzocco
patent: 4780154 (1988-10-01), Mori et al.
patent: 4790847 (1988-12-01), Woods
patent: 4842601 (1989-06-01), Smith
patent: 4883485 (1989-11-01), Patel
patent: 4888012 (1989-12-01), Horn et al.
patent: 4892543 (1990-01-01), Turley
patent: 4902293 (1990-02-01), Feaster
patent: 4929289 (1990-05-01), Moriya et al.
patent: 4932966 (1990-06-01), Christie et al.
patent: 4932968 (1990-06-01), Caldwell et al.
patent: 4932971 (1990-06-01), Kelman
patent: 4946469 (1990-08-01), Sarfarazi
patent: 4963148 (1990-10-01), Sulc et al.
patent: 4994082 (1991-02-01), Richards et al.
patent: 5147397 (1992-09-01), Christ et al.
patent: 5152788 (1992-10-01), Isaacson et al.
patent: 5152789 (1992-10-01), Willis
patent: 5171320 (1992-12-01), Nishi
patent: 5275623 (1994-01-01), Sarfarazi
patent: 5354335 (1994-10-01), Lipshitz et al.
patent: 5391202 (1995-02-01), Lipshitz et al.
patent: RE34998 (1995-07-01), Langerman
patent: 5443506 (1995-08-01), Garabet
patent: 5476514 (1995-12-01), Cumming
patent: 5489302 (1996-02-01), Skottun
patent: 5496366 (1996-03-01), Cumming
patent: 5503165 (1996-04-01), Schachar
patent: 5522891 (1996-06-01), Klaas
patent: 5562731 (1996-10-01), Cumming
patent: 5578081 (1996-11-01), McDonald
patent: 5653754 (1997-08-01), Nakajima et al.
patent: 5674282 (1997-10-01), Cumming
patent: 5725576 (1998-03-01), Fedorov et al.
patent: 5776192 (1998-07-01), McDonald
patent: 5824074 (1998-10-01), Koch
patent: 5928283 (1999-07-01), Gross et al.
patent: 5968094 (1999-10-01), Werblin et al.
patent: 5984962 (1999-11-01), Anello et al.
patent: 6013101 (2000-01-01), Israel
patent: 6106554 (2000-08-01), Bretton
patent: 6113633 (2000-09-01), Portney
patent: 6117171 (2000-09-01), Skottun
patent: 6136026 (2000-10-01), Israel
patent: 6176878 (2001-01-01), Gwon et al.
patent: 6197058 (2001-03-01), Portney
patent: 6197059 (2001-03-01), Cumming
patent: 6200342 (2001-03-01), Tassignon
patent: 6217612 (2001-04-01), Woods
patent: 6231603 (2001-05-01), Lang et al.
patent: 6238433 (2001-05-01), Portney
patent: 6258123 (2001-07-01), Young et al.
patent: 6277146 (2001-08-01), Peyman et al.
patent: 6280471 (2001-08-01), Peyman et al.
patent: 6299641 (2001-10-01), Woods
patent: 6327772 (2001-12-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 6342073 (2002-01-01), Cumming et al.
patent: 6387126 (2002-05-01), Cumming
patent: 6406494 (2002-06-01), Laguette et al.
patent: 6423094 (2002-07-01), Sarfarazi
patent: 6443985 (2002-09-01), Woods
patent: 6450642 (2002-09-01), Jethmalani et al.
patent: 6454802 (2002-09-01), Bretton et al.
patent: 6464725 (2002-10-01), Skottun
patent: 6478821 (2002-11-01), Laguette et al.
patent: 6488708 (2002-12-01), Sarfarazi
patent: 6503276 (2003-01-01), Lang et al.
patent: 6524340 (2003-02-01), Israel
patent: 6533813 (2003-03-01), Lin et al.
patent: 6547822 (2003-04-01), Lang
patent: 6551354 (2003-04-01), Ghazizadeh et al.
patent: 6554859 (2003-04-01), Lang et al.
patent: 6558420 (2003-05-01), Green
patent: 6599317 (2003-07-01), Weinschenk, III et al.
patent: 6616692 (2003-09-01), Glick et al.
patent: 6761737 (2004-07-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 6764511 (2004-07-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 6767363 (2004-07-01), Bandhauer et al.
patent: 6786934 (2004-09-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 6818017 (2004-11-01), Shu
patent: 6818158 (2004-11-01), Pham et al.
patent: 6846326 (2005-01-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 6858040 (2005-02-01), Nguyen et al.
patent: 6884261 (2005-04-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 6884263 (2005-04-01), Valyunin et al.
patent: 6899732 (2005-05-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 7041134 (2006-05-01), Nguyen et al.
patent: 7087080 (2006-08-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 7097660 (2006-08-01), Portney
patent: 7118597 (2006-10-01), Miller et al.
patent: 7198640 (2007-04-01), Nguyen
patent: 2002/0002404 (2002-01-01), Sarfarazi
patent: 2002/0004682 (2002-01-01), Zhou et al.
patent: 2002/0045937 (2002-04-01), Sarfarazi
patent: 2002/0072795 (2002-06-01), Green
patent: 2002/0095212 (2002-07-01), Boehm
patent: 2002/0107568 (2002-08-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2002/0116057 (2002-08-01), Ting et al.
patent: 2002/0116060 (2002-08-01), Nguyen et al.
patent: 2002/0138140 (2002-09-01), Hanna
patent: 2002/0193876 (2002-12-01), Lang et al.
patent: 2003/0002404 (2003-01-01), Maekawa
patent: 2003/0018384 (2003-01-01), Valyunin et al.
patent: 2003/0033013 (2003-02-01), Callahan et al.
patent: 2003/0050695 (2003-03-01), Lin et al.
patent: 2003/0050696 (2003-03-01), Cumming
patent: 2003/0050697 (2003-03-01), Paul
patent: 2003/0060881 (2003-03-01), Glick et al.
patent: 2003/0078656 (2003-04-01), Nguyen
patent: 2003/0078657 (2003-04-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2003/0078658 (2003-04-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2003/0114927 (2003-06-01), Nagamoto
patent: 2003/0130732 (2003-07-01), Sarfarazi
patent: 2004/0162612 (2004-08-01), Portney et al.
patent: 2005/0165410 (2005-07-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2005/0228401 (2005-10-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2006/0178741 (2006-08-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2006/0259139 (2006-11-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2006/0271187 (2006-11-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2007/0027540 (2007-02-01), Zadno-Azizi et al.
patent: 2007/0050025 (2007-03-01), Nguyen et al.
patent: 195 01 444 (1995-01-01), None
patent: 0162573 (1985-11-01), None
patent: 0212616 (1987-03-01), None
patent: 0 337 390 (1988-04-01), None
patent: 0 337 390 (1989-11-01), None
patent: 0 336 877 (1993-10-01), None
patent: 1723933 (2006-11-01), None
patent: 1723934 (2006-11-01), None
patent: 2 784 575 (1998-10-01), None
patent: 02-011134 (1990-01-01), None
patent: 02-126847 (1990-05-01), None
patent: 2014038 (1994-06-01), None
patent: 2014039 (1994-06-01), None
patent: WO 84/04449 (1984-11-01), None
patent: WO 99/03427 (1999-01-01), None
patent: WO 99/20206 (1999-04-01), None
patent: WO 00/21467 (2000-04-01), None
patent: WO 00/27315 (2000-05-01), None
patent: WO 00/61036 (2000-10-01), None
patent: WO 01/34067 (2000-10-01), None
patent: WO 00/66037 (2000-11-01), None
patent: WO 01/19289 (2001-03-01), None
patent: WO 01/64136 (2001-09-01), None
patent: WO 01/66042 (2001-09-01), None
patent: WO 02/071983 (2002-09-01), None
patent: WO 03/009051 (2003-01-01), None
Search Report for EP 06015132.1 mailed Oct. 27, 2006 in 6 pages (VGEN.001VR2EP).
Search Report for EP 06015136.2 mailed Oct. 27, 2006 in 6 pages (VGEN.001VREP).
International Search Report for PCT/US03/23077 mailed Mar. 26, 2004 in 9 pages (VGEN.001QPC).
International Search Report for PCT/US02/02473 mailed Apr. 4, 2003 in 8 pages (VGEN.001VPC).
European search report in related Application No. 06015136.2, dated Oct. 27, 2006, 6 pp.
“Accomodative Intraocular Lens with Spring Action Part 1. Design and Placement in an Excised Animal Eye;” Ophthalmic Surgery, Feb. 1990, vol. 21, No. 2.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/020,853; Inventors Zadno-Azizi et al.; filed Dec. 11, 2001.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/207,701; Inventor Nguyen; filed Jul. 25, 2002.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/021,795; Inventor Nguyen et al.; filed Dec. 11, 2001.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/635,423; Inventors Portney et al.; filed Aug. 6, 2003.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/958,871; In
Nguyen Tuan Anh
Portney Valdemar
Rogers Erica J.
Ting Albert C.
Zadno-Azizi Gholam-Reza
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
McDermott Corrine
Miller Cheryl
Visiogen, Inc.
LandOfFree
Distending portion for intraocular lens system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Distending portion for intraocular lens system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Distending portion for intraocular lens system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4033372