A61B 3/111
For measuring interpupillary distance
Official title: {for measuring interpupillary distance}
A61B3/111 (For measuring interpupillary distance) appears on 242 US grants and 279 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 242
- Published applications
- 279
- Assignees
- 146
- Inventors
- 494
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 21 | 13 |
| 2025 | 17 | 10 |
| 2026 | 14 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method, system and computer-program for estimating refraction of an eye of an individual26 May 2026US 12,635,873 B2Essilor International
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- Vision screening systems and methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228889 A1Welch Allyn, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for performing eye tests and selling eyeglasses30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215679 A1Vmax Vision
- Method for determining an instantaneous depth of focus of a user of smart glasses, and smart glasses18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170691 A1
- Systems and methods for obtaining measurements using a computing device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151032 A1Warby Parker Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical coherence tomography device, method, and system113US 8,348,429 B2Doheny Eye Institute · 2013
- Method and system for determining pupiltary distant and element height56US 6,535,223 B1Schmidt Laboratories, Inc. · 2003
- Objective eye alignment measurement method and system49US 5,214,455 AGeneral Electric Company · 1993
- Optical coherence tomography device, method, and system48US 9,149,182 B2Doheny Eye Institute · 2015
- Computerized refraction and astigmatism determination48US 9,492,074 B1Opternative, Inc. · 2016