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...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4461295 | Laser punctal occlusion A method for treating external eye conditions and nasal related physical conditions by closing or partially closing one or more eyelid punctal openings by first testing the efficacy of occlusion by a temporary test stitch to close a punctal canaliculus an... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4438765 | Motion sensitive firable device A motion sensitive firable device includes an opthomological laser for firing at an eye, switching means for activating the laser and motion detector means interconnecting the switching means and the laser for preventing the switching means from activting... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4409979 | Device for observing and treating the eye using a laser A device for observing the eye in order to treat the same comprising optical elements producing optical illumination beams which issue from a light source. The beams consist of parallel rays whose axes are eccentric and parallel to the axis of the focussi... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4397310 | Anastigmatic high magnification, wide-angle binocular indirect attachment for laser photocoagulator An improved method and apparatus for photocoagulation of the fundus of a patient's eye eliminates the contact lens and provides for binocular viewing. The technique is characterized by the utilization of a common ophthalmoscopic lens for each of the illum... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4391275 | Method for the surgical treatment of the eye The invention relates to a method for the surgical treatment of the eye by perforation, by laser radiation, of a tissue or inner wall of the eyeball having a resistance to the free circulation of the aqueous humour. A laser radiation burst comprising at l... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4307944 | Microscope A microscope which is suitable for slit-lamp microscopy of the fundus without contact lens, stereo-chronoscopy, and laser photo-coagulation in the fundus and the anterior segment of the eye, is provided having two telescopic sections, the first section ha... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4169664 | Apparatus for determining peripheral vision An apparatus for use in determining the peripheral vision extent of a patient's eye includes a contact lens type construction detachably fitted to the eye having multiple optical fibers each extending to an illuminating source. Upon illumination of a sele... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4122853 | Infrared laser photocautery device An apparatus and method for cauterizing biological tissue while providing isolation from surrounding absorbing tissue and fluid media. The device is comprised of a probe having a special window through which an infrared laser beam is directed to cauterize... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4026293 | Photocoagulator A photocoagulator using a gas discharge lamp and a mirror for forming a double image of the luminous plasma region of the lamp in a photocoagulation area adjusted for size by interchangeable field stops is improved for easier adjustability when field stop... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4013978 | Lasers and photocoagulators A photocoagulator is described incorporating a selected light source. The selected light source is a waveguide laser of the type using an active liquid comprising a dye in solution. The laser is so constructed that a cell containing the active liquid and a ... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3982541 | Eye surgical instrument Method and apparatus are disclosed for surgically removing surface portions of an eye such as cataract tissue. The eye surface portions to be removed are vaporized by a carbon dioxide laser beam. Smoke and vaporized portions are withdrawn by a vacuum pump... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3943931 | Goniolens A goniolens is defined as an oblique-truncated cylinder. The base of the cylinder has a concave surface to ensure complete contact thereof with the cornea of the eye. The truncated surface of the cylinder is convex and its curvature radius is equal to 8.5... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3930504 | Portable light coagulator A light coagulator for treatment of eye disorders is provided, utilizing a converging light beam, a collimated lens system and a mirror to deliver a high powered beam of light to the eye for use as a surgical tool. The light coagulator of the invention is... | 01/06/1976 |
