A61F 2009/0087
Lens
Official title: {Lens}
A61F2009/0087 (Lens) appears on 653 US grants and 829 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 653
- Published applications
- 829
- Assignees
- 157
- Inventors
- 735
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 5 | 9 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 12 |
| 2009 | 0 | 20 |
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| 2011 | 3 | 40 |
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| 2013 | 30 | 39 |
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| 2016 | 45 | 68 |
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| 2018 | 32 | 45 |
| 2019 | 66 | 66 |
| 2020 | 58 | 48 |
| 2021 | 41 | 56 |
| 2022 | 36 | 49 |
| 2023 | 51 | 43 |
| 2024 | 40 | 32 |
| 2025 | 37 | 21 |
| 2026 | 28 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for measuring and correcting astigmatism using laser generated corneal incisions29 Sep 2026US 12,745,904 B2Lensar, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for adhering a capsular bag to an intraocular lens29 Sep 2026US 12,746,112 B2Alcon Inc.
- System and method for measuring tilt in the crystalline lens for laser phaco fragmentation22 Sep 2026US 12,740,704 B2Lensar, Inc.
- Corneal topography measurements and fiducial mark incisions in laser surgical procedures15 Sep 2026US 12,734,069 B2AMO Development, LLC
- System and method for accessing different tissue targets of the eye8 Sep 2026US 12,728,037 B2ViaLase, Inc.
- Patient interface imaging system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294687 A1Alcon Inc.
- Intraocular lens with increased depth of focus and methods for increasing a depth of focus of an intraocular lens24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283850 A1Alcon Inc.
- Corneal topography measurements and fiducial mark incisions in laser surgical procedures10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263276 A1AMO Development, LLC
- Mechanisms and methods to control movement of a head of a medical system relative to an anatomical site6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224323 A1ViaLase, Inc.
- Robotic system for performing cataract surgery30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215969 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for phacoemulsifying cataractous-lens tissue within a protected environment556US 5,257,988 AL'Esperance Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1993
- Ophthalmic surgical laser and method397US 5,984,916 A1999
- Automated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventions381US 6,099,522 AVISX, Incorporated · 2000
- Ophthalmic surgical laser and method365US 6,325,792 B12001
- Optical coherence tomography assisted surgical apparatus363US 6,004,314 ACarl Zeiss AG · 1999