Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 01/09

20090027613 - Protective temple covering: Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing sleeves, a sleeve dispenser, and a method of manufacturing inexpensive, throwaway sleeves that may be used to protect temples from chemicals, germs, bacteria, and the like. Sleeves may be inexpensively manufactured using a single inexpensive raw material as well as an inexpensive manufacturing... Agent: Gearhart Law, LLC

20090027614 - Multi-purpose spectacle frame set: A spectacle frame set includes a detachable spectacle frame and a utility spectacle frame. The detachable spectacle frame includes two hangers, a lens supporter extended between two inner sides of a pair of optical lenses, two first connectors provided at two front ends of the hangers respectively to detachably couple... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090027615 - Connecting structure for glass frame and wearing portion: A pair of glasses includes a frame and a wearing portion. The frame includes a groove in an end thereof. The groove includes an end opening facing a rear of the frame. The groove further includes a side opening in a lateral face of the end of the frame. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090027616 - Eyewear having interchangeable lenses/temples: An eyewear is provided having an interchangeable lens or temple portion. The eyewear comprises an interchangeable lens portion comprising a lens portion having an upper and a lower edge, and a left and a right lens region extending sidewardly each having a distal end; a pair of connecting members, each... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP

20090027617 - Method of manufacturing rimless spectacles and a mask suited for use with said method: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing rimless spectacles in which fasteners of the lugs and the bridge of the spectacles are adhesively bonded to the front side or the rear side of the lenses. In the method first of all two lens blanks are manufactured of a plastic... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090027618 - Method and arrangement for automatic detection and interpretation of the iris structure for determining conditions of a person: For automatic detection and interpretation of the iris structure for determining a condition of a person, two-dimensional recording and digitization of an eyeball with iris is realized by a recording device connected to a data processing system; selection of the iris; generation of the topography of the iris by dividing... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20090027619 - Examination assembly with improved access for the wheelchair bound patient: An examination assembly advantageous for use with wheelchair bound patients comprises a rotatable stand which receives medical equipment, an arm assembly mounted on the stand comprising a main arm connected to the stand and an auxiliary arm operatively connected to the main arm, a table which mounts at least part... Agent: Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone Robert K. Roth, Esq.

20090021688 - Floating eyewear and method of making floating eyewear: Eyewear, and more particularly floating eyewear such as eyeglasses and/or sunglasses may include a frame, temples, and lenses wherein the frame and/or temples may be formed form the combination of a blowing agent and a polymer so as to render the eyewear floating. A method for making floating eyewear is... Agent: Roger Hsu

20090021689 - Invertible eyewear: The present invention discloses glasses comprising an invertible nose bridge and invertible temples. The glasses can be worn in two manners by rotating the glasses 180 degrees in the plane of the lens or lenses. The lenses are asymmetrical along an axis which is drawn through the nose bridge. The... Agent: Naomi Assia Law Offices C/o Landon Ip Inc.

20090021690 - Rimless eyewear assembly: Eyewear comprises a lens. The lens comprises a viewing portion and a connecting portion. The lens comprises a peripheral surface. The viewing portion of the lens is defined inside of the peripheral surface of the lens and the connecting portion of the lens is defined outside of the peripheral surface... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090021691 - Eyeglasses with an adjustable nose-pad unit: Eyeglasses include: a frame; a pair of pad supports connected to the frame; a nose-pad unit including a pair of pad members, each of which is sleeved rotatably on a respective one of the pad supports; and a pair of positioning units, each of which is coupled to a respective... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090021692 - System and method for increasing the depth of focus of the human eye: A method and apparatus for increasing the depth of focus of the human eye is comprised of a lens body, an optic in the lens body configured to produce light interference, and a pinhole-like optical aperture substantially in the center of the optic. The optic may be configured to produce... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090021693 - Device and method for determining optical parameters: The invention relates to a device (10) for determining the optical parameters of a user comprising: at least two image recording devices (14, 16), which are configured and arranged to respectively generate image data of at least sub-sections of the head of the user (30); a data processing unit comprising... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090021694 - Systems and methods for prediction of objective visual acuity based on wavefront measurements: Methods, devices, and systems for predicting an optical acuity measure of an optical system of an eye. An optical acuity measure can be predicted by determining a point spread function based on a wavefront measurement of an eye, convolving a resolution target with the point spread function to produce an... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090021695 - Display of ocular movement: Ocular movement of a subject is displayed in one or more windows of a user interface allowing a technician and/or clinician to observe the ocular movement such as to properly administer various tests for visual, vestibular, and neurological disorders as well as for diagnosing such disorders. When displaying the ocular... Agent: Withers & Keys, Llc

20090021696 - Device for measuring and correcting aberration of an eye: A device and method for measuring and correcting eye aberrations integrate wavefront sensing, wavefront aberration correction and optometric testing into one another and configure the optical paths of wavefront sensing and optometric testing as aplanatic structures, such that under optometric testing conditions both wavefront sensing and aberration correction can be... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20090021697 - Ophthalmic device comprising a holographic sensor: An ophthalmic device which comprises a holographic element comprising a medium comprising a phenylboronic acid group and, disposed therein, a hologram, wherein an optical characteristic of the element changes as a result of a variation of a physical property of the medium, and wherein the variation arises as a result... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090021698 - Apparatus and method for assessing eye disease: An apparatus for assessing eye disease in a subject includes a body member including an arm portion, a handle portion, and an alignment portion. The arm and handle portions each have a first end portion oppositely disposed from a second end portion. Each of the first end portions are operably... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino, LLP

20090015783 - Clip-on sunglasses and method of manufacture thereof: The present invention provides clip-on sunglasses and methods of manufacture thereof. In accordance with an embodiment, the clip-on sunglasses comprise first and second lenses, each having retainer prongs positioned at an outer portion of each lens. The retainer prongs configured to engage an outer edge of eyeglasses. A bridge structure... Agent: Westberg Law Offices

20090015784 - Eyewear with retaining assembly: Eyewear includes a frame and a retaining assembly having right and left connecting members. Each connecting member has a recess with retaining walls extending along opposed sides of the recess. Each of right and left temple connecting members has a substantially T-shaped projection that is configured to be received by... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090015785 - Adjustable correction for a variety of ambient lighting conditions: A lens system is presented having a lens having an electro-active element, a sensor for sensing a change in ambient light, a controller in operative communication with the sensor, and a plurality of electrode rings electrically connected to the controller. The electrode rings may be concentric. The controller applies a... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090015786 - Tinted lens and method of making same: A lens and a method of making lenses suitable for color blindness correction are disclosed. The corrective lens may be formed of an optically transparent base material, which is tinted to the desired color for correction by immersion in a colorant dye. The color tinted lens is then tinted by... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090015787 - Apparatus and method for determining an eyeglass prescription for a vision defect of an eye: The disclosure relates to a method for determining an eyeglass prescription for a vision defect of an eye. In certain embodiments, the method includes optimizing a caustic in the area of the retina of the eye for a light ray passing through the eyeglass prescription and the eye. The disclosure... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090015788 - Sight line detecting method: In a sight line vector detecting system comprising: an infrared light source for illuminating either an eye or a face; a camera for photographing either the eye or the face; and a computer for processing photographed image data of said camera so as to calculate a sight line vector, the... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090015789 - Correction of presbyopia using adaptive optics and associated methods: Devices, systems, and methods measure, diagnose, and/or treat one or both eyes of a patient. Adaptive optics systems (such as those having a deformable mirror) may be configured to an aspherical or multi-spherical presbyopia-mitigating prescriptive shape to allow objective and/or subjective measurements of a candidate prescription. A plurality of viewing... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090015790 - Surgical microscope apparatus: A drive unit 5 of a surgical microscope apparatus 1 moves an entire optical system horizontally. A driver 175 moves a head lens 13 vertically. An imaging device 56a detects reflected light (observation light) of illumination light guided by an observation optical system 30. A controller 60 obtains a cross-sectional... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090009711 - Personalizeable wearable and displayable items: Wearable or displayable products which can be individualized and accessorized according to the wearer's or user's mood or desires. A wearable product, such as a pair of glasses, has a plurality of holes or openings in which decorative pin members can be positioned as desired. Non-wearable products also can be... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090009712 - Contact lens: A contact lens having a rotational stabilization mechanism thereon, such as prism ballast, and a thickness profile that reduces the torque imparted on the lens by the action of the eyelids, especially for stabilizing toric lenses. The prism ballast is provided on one or more portions of the anterior face... Agent: Frank J. Uxa

20090009713 - Ophthalmic display comprising an ophthalmic lens and an optical imager: The invention relates to an ophthalmic display comprising an ophthalmic lens containing an optical imager insert (400) presenting a direction of polarization and serving to shape light beams and direct them towards the eye of the wearer to enable information content (I) to be viewed, the display also comprising at... Agent: Sofer & Haroun, LLP

20090009714 - Apparatus and method for assement and rehabilitation after acquired brain injury: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the assessment and rehabilitation of vision impairment. In particular, the invention is concerned with an apparatus displaying visual stimuli and the method of using this device for the purpose of assessment and rehabilitation of individuals with acquired brain injury and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090009715 - Confocal color ophthalmoscope: A confocal color opthalmoscope having a line-shaped, incoherent light source. The light emitted from the linear light source is focused and scanned to illuminate a region of a retina of an eye with a line oriented perpendicular to the direction of scan. Light reflected from the retina of eye is... Agent: Martin Savitzky

20090009716 - Fast wave front measurement: Device for measuring wave fronts generated by a lens (4) for an eye, with a radiation source (14) for emitting test radiation (12) to be directed at the lens (4) and a sensor device (26) for detecting wave fronts of incident test radiation after interaction with the lens, wherein the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090009717 - Inverse optical design: An imaging apparatus for simultaneously determining optical parameters of the eye comprising: a light source for illuminating at least a portion of the eye pupil; an illumination optical system for directing light rays emitted from the light source into the eye; a light receiving optical system for guiding the light... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20090009718 - Method for measuring visual function and visual attention in a continuous performance test: The invention comprises a neuropsychological test method designed to measure a test subject's variables of visual attention for stimuli believed to preferentially elicit specific visual pathways. Target visual pathways include the magnocellular on/off, parvocellular chromatic red/green, koniocellular blue/yellow, and parvocellular achromatic pathways. Furthermore, the invention computes differential measures between the... Agent: Robert S. Stoll

20090002626 - Glasses type sound/communication device: A spectacle type audio/communication device in which the frame and temples of spectacles is used, and a plurality of parts are embeddedly provided dividedly without being exposed by effectively utilizing the limited space of the frame and temples of the spectacles, whereby a sense of strangeness in terms of appearance... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090002627 - Optical elements having variable power prisms: Optical elements having a plurality of integral prism facets having varying prismatic power are provided. These optical elements address the disadvantages of conventional therapeutic optical prisms by addressing the undesirable variation in prismatic effect that results when conventional prisms are combined with optical lenses in binocular vision. Specifically, the present... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090002628 - Method and apparatus improving vision and the resolution of retinal images: A method of and apparatus for improving vision and the resolution of retinal images is described in which a point source produced on the retina of a living eye by a laser beam is reflected from the retina and received at a lenslet array of a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor such... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090002629 - Retinal camera filter for macular pigment measurements: Apparatus for use in measuring the density and spatial distribution of macular pigment in an eye comprises a camera (4) for capturing a colour image of an eye, at least one filter (36) for filtering light reaching the camera (preferably by filtering the light illuminating the eye). The filter (36)... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090002630 - Eye examination device by means of tomography with a sighting device: A sighting device for an examination by in vivo tomography of an eye of a subject including a viewer controlled by a control system for displaying at least one moving target where the at least one moving target has at least one of a programmable shape and a programmable trajectory,... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090002631 - System and method for measuring corneal topography: A system measures a corneal topography of an eye. The system includes a group of first light sources arranged around a central axis, the group being separated from the axis by a radial distance defining an aperture in the group; a plurality of second light sources; a detector array; and... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090002632 - Method, device and arrangement for measuring the dynamic behavior of an optical system: A method for measuring the dynamic behavior of an optical system is aimed at rendering the dynamic behavior of the optical system objectively detectable. To this end, the optical system to be measured is stimulated by stimuli whereby causing it to react, and the reaction is detected by means of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.