Patent Number: 5582608

Abstract: Apparatus for illuminating a central area of an eye by lamellar lighting during eye surgery. Basically, a support fixture carrying alight emitter is adapted to be placed adjacent to the surgical field.  The support fixture, when in place on an eye, directs light from the light emitter toward the surgical field tangentially to the cornea, at an angle of from about 0 to 45 to the plane of the eye iris.  The light entering the eye travels along the lamellae of the cornea in the manner of a light pipe.  Very little, if any light reaches the back of the eye, avoiding patient discomfort, or is directed toward the surgical microscope as glare.  This lamellar lighting combines scleral scatter and retro illumination.  In preferred embodiments, the light emitter may be mounted on, or incorporated in, a conventional eyelid speculum or a fixation ring.

Filed: April 11, 1995

Date of Patent: Dec. 10, 1996

Inventor: Alan W. Brown

Patent Number: 5695492

Abstract: Apparatus for illuminating a central area of an eye by generally lamellar lighting during eye surgery.  Basically, a support fixture carrying a light emitter is adapted to be placed adjacent to the surgical field.  The support fixture, when in place on an eye, directs light from the light emitter toward the surgical field tangentially to the cornea, at an angle of from about 0 to 90 to the plane of the eye iris.  The light entering the eye travels along the lamellae of the cornea in the manner of light pipe.  Very little, if any light reaches the back of the eye, avoiding patient discomfort, or is directed toward the surgical microscope as glare.  This generally lamellar lighting combines scleral scatter and retro illumination.  In preferred embodiments, the light emitter may be mounted on, or incorporated in, a conventional eyelid spectrum or a fixation ring.

Filed: Nov 13, 1996

Date of Patent: Dec 9, 1997

Inventor: Alan W. Brown

Patent Number: 9283117

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for an eye marker device that includes a handle having an interior cavity, a marking means coupled to the handle, and a rotational scale for providing a visual representation of the angle of the marking means relative to a predetermined origination point.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 22, 2012

Date of Patent: March 15, 2016

Assignee: MINDSKID LABS, LLC

Inventor: Alan Wesley Brown

Patent Number: 10022271

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for an eye marker device that includes a handle having an interior cavity, a marking device coupled to the handle, and a rotational scale for providing a visual representation of the angle of the marking device relative to a predetermined origination point.

Type: Grant

Filed: February 5, 2016

Date of Patent: July 17, 2018

Assignee: MINDSKID LABS, LLC

Inventor: Alan Wesley Brown

Patent Number: 10548684

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to dry inks for use in marking the eye prior to surgery and methods of applying the same to eye marking devices. Such inks can include various accepted inks for use on the eye that can be applied to a marking device using relatively fast-evaporating solvents. In this manner, the remaining ink composition can be precisely placed on the eye marking device, and desirably transfer to the marking surface of the eye without dissolving on the journey through the various membranes above the marking surface. Application methods may include use of charged ink particles that may be advantageously manipulated using magnetic fields to even more precisely place the dry ink on a marking device.

Type: Grant

Filed: June 13, 2016

Date of Patent: February 4, 2020

Assignee: Mindskid Labs, LLC

Inventor: Alan Wesley Brown

Patent Number: 10660629

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for illuminating the eye. This illumination may be by lamellar illumination, scleral scatter and retro illumination or a combination thereof. The apparatus comprises a speculum assembly and at least one light emitter assembly. The speculum assembly is adapted for magnetic attachment and includes a pair of flexible retractor arms extending from a speculum handle, each retractor arm including a retractor located distally from the speculum handle. The light emitter assembly is adapted for magnetic attachment and includes at least one flexible extension extending from a battery and circuit housing. The flexible extension includes a terminal optic emitter for adjusting the angle of inclination of light emitted therefrom. The speculum assembly and the light emitter assembly are magnetically mated together at one or more points of magnetic contact.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 29, 2018

Date of Patent: May 26, 2020

Assignee: Mindskid Labs, LLC

Inventor: Alan Wesley Brown

Patent number: 10660629

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for illuminating the eye. This illumination may be by lamellar illumination, scleral scatter and retro illumination or a combination thereof. The apparatus comprises a speculum assembly and at least one light emitter assembly. The speculum assembly is adapted for magnetic attachment and includes a pair of flexible retractor arms extending from a speculum handle, each retractor arm including a retractor located distally from the speculum handle. The light emitter assembly is adapted for magnetic attachment and includes at least one flexible extension extending from a battery and circuit housing. The flexible extension includes a terminal optic emitter for adjusting the angle of inclination of light emitted therefrom. The speculum assembly and the light emitter assembly are magnetically mated together at one or more points of magnetic contact.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 29, 2018

Date of Patent: May 26, 2020

Assignee: Mindskid Labs, LLC

Inventor: Alan Wesley Brown

Patent Number: 10786392

Abstract: The present invention provides an eye marker tip that includes a base, one or more marking wings, and a marking element attached to a marking wing and configured to deliver ink (or another indicator) to a surface of an eye. Embodiments may include a hollow or translucent post and light channel, or a base having a fixation button, to form a central light shape visible to a patient. Embodiments may include either or both of a magnifying lens and a parabolic light deflector, to form circles of light that may be used in connection with a central light shape to properly align the eye marker tip with a patient’s eye.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 19, 2017

Date of Patent: September 29, 2020

Assignee: Mindskid Labs, LLC

Inventor: Alan Wesley Brown

Patent Number: 10945886

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for an eye marker device that includes a handle and an eye marker tip, wherein the eye marker tip includes at least two arms dimensioned for placing at least one mark or indicator on a cornea, sclera or sclera/cornea junction.

Type: Grant

Filed: January 7, 2019

Date of Patent: March 16, 2021

Assignee: Mindskid Labs, LLC

Inventor: Alan Wesley Brown

Patent Number: 11000343

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to dry inks for use in marking the eye prior to surgery and methods of applying the same to eye marking devices. Such inks can include various accepted inks for use on the eye that can be applied to a marking device using relatively fast-evaporating solvents. In this manner, the remaining ink composition can be precisely placed on the eye marking device, and desirably transfer to the marking surface of the eye without dissolving on the journey through the various membranes above the marking surface. Application methods may include use of charged ink particles that may be advantageously manipulated using magnetic fields to even more precisely place the dry ink on a marking device.

Type: Grant

Filed: January 13, 2020

Date of Patent: May 11, 2021

Assignee: Mindskid Labs, LLC

Inventor: Alan Wesley Brown