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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110282335 | Capsule Polishing Device and Method For Capsule Polishing Various embodiments of a capsule polishing device include a resistive-heating element including an electrically resistive, superelastic wire forming a loop between first and second ends of the superelastic wire. The first and second ends of the loop may at least partial... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110202049 | Small Gauge Ablation Probe For Glaucoma Surgery An ablation probe for use in glaucoma surgery has a shaft, a heating element, and a pair of electrical connectors located on a distal end of the shaft. The pair of electrical connectors holds the heating element to the shaft. The heating element is sized and shaped to a... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20100312252 | CAPSULARHEXIS DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE HEATING ELEMENT HAVING AN ANGLED TRANSITIONAL NECK Various embodiments of a capsularhexis device include a resistive-heating element comprising an electrically resistive, superelastic wire forming a loop between first and second ends of the superelastic wire. The loop may be retracted into a collapsed, retracted positio... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100312232 | Capsulotomy Repair Device and Method for Capsulotomy Repair Various embodiments of a capsulotomy repair device include a resistive-heating element comprising an electrically resistive, superelastic wire forming a loop between first and second ends of the superelastic wire. The first and second ends of the loop may at least parti... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100145447 | Flexible, Automated Capsulorhexis Device A capsularhexis electrode device and corresponding insertion tool are disclosed. A flexible capsulorhexis electrode device comprises an elastomeric ring, first and second electrically conductive traces disposed at a first face of the elastomeric ring and extending conce... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100094278 | Capsularhexis Device With Flexible Heating Element A capsularhexis device comprises a resistive-heating element formed from an electrically resistive, superelastic wire formed into a loop. A bare surface of this loop is applied to the anterior capsule and electrically heated to define a rhexis boundary, such that a smoo... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100076471 | Spring-Less Check Valve For A Handpiece A hand piece for a surgical instrument is provided. The handpiece has an inlet, a chamber (with upstream and downstream portions), a flow control member, a pulse engine, and an outlet. The inlet communicates with the upstream portion of the chamber. The downstream porti... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20080190503 | Flow Switching on a Multi-Structured Microfluidic Cd (Compact Disc) Using Coriolis Force A microfluidic switching device includes a planar substrate having a central axis of rotation and a radially-oriented microchannel disposed in the planar substrate that terminates at a junction. In one aspect, the junction is formed as a double-layered junction in which... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080110500 | Microfluidic Valve Liquids A microfluidic device for the splitting or sequencing of fluid flow includes a plurality of upstream and/or downstream chambers coupled via microfluidic channels. For splitting fluid, a substrate is provided that includes a main chamber and a plurality of downstream sub... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20050255233 | High aspect ratio C-MEMS architecture C-MEMS architecture having high aspect ratio carbon structures and improved systems and methods for producing high aspect ratio C-MEMS structures are provided. Specifically, high aspect ratio carbon structures are microfabricated by pyrolyzing a patterned carbon precurs... | 11/17/2005 |
