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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jesse R. Cheatham, Seattle, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

John Marshall, Farnborough, GB;

Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roberto Zaldivar, Mendoza, AR;

Roger Zaldivar, Mendoza, AR;

Assignee:

ELWHA LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A61B 3/103 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/1627 (2013.01); A61B 3/103 (2013.01); A61F 2/16 (2013.01); A61F 2/1648 (2013.01); A61F 2/1659 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to intraocular lens systems includes at least one intraocular lens device and methods of using the same. The at least one intraocular lens device includes one or more photodetectors and an intraocular lens exhibiting a modifiable focal length. The one or more photodetectors are configured to detect light that is used to determine a presence of the object or the apparent object distance. The focal length of the intraocular lens can be modified depending on the determined presence of the object or the apparent object distance.


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