A61F 2009/0043
By supporting the instrument on the patient's head
Official title: {by supporting the instrument on the patient's head, e.g. head bands}
A61F2009/0043 (By supporting the instrument on the patient's head) appears on 92 US grants and 74 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 92
- Published applications
- 74
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 148
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automatic patient positioning within a laser eye surgery system30 Jun 2026US 12,667,490 B2AMO Development, LLC
- Bi-radial patient interface26 May 2026US 12,636,192 B2Alcon Inc.
- Surgical contact lens for ophthalmic procedures4 Nov 2025US 12,458,226 B2Alcon Inc.
- Light patterns for corneal topography27 May 2025US 12,310,887 B1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Infusion device and method1 Apr 2025US 12,263,120 B2
- Bi-radial patient interface17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272714 A1Alcon Inc.
- Docking station for use in ophthalmic procedures30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215964 A1
- Device for eye positioning and immobilization during ophthalmological surgery23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108236 A1Gabriel Morgado ServiçOs MéDicos, Lda
- Moisture Chamber Adapted For Use With Eyeglasses18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381065 A1Briter Eyez LLC
- Infusion device and method4 Sep 2025US 2025/0275868 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic surgical device and control assembly for cutting a cornea697US 7,166,117 B22007
- Eye tracking apparatus and method employing grayscale threshold values221US 5,481,622 ARensselaer Polytechnic Institute · 1996
- Apparatus for evaluating eye alignment126US 5,094,521 AVision Research Laboratories · 1992
- Systems and methods for projecting an image onto a retina122US 5,653,751 A1997
- Visual function tester with binocular vision testing105US 5,026,151 AMentor O & O, Inc. · 1991