Assignee
VISX INC
US·103 granted patents·9 pending applications·8,250 citations·filing 1987–2007
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
112 records- 0199US5219343AApparatus for performing ophthalmogolical surgeryVISX INC·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 15, 1993·221 cites·3 claims
- 0299US5163934APhotorefractive keratectomyVISX INC·Filed 1987·Granted Nov 17, 1992·314 cites·62 claims
- 0397US5646791AMethod and apparatus for temporal and spatial beam integrationVISX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 8, 1997·262 cites·21 claims
- 0497US5219344AMethods and apparatus for laser sculpture of the corneaVISX INC·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 15, 1993·146 cites·40 claims
- 0596US6913603B2Automated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventionsVISX INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 5, 2005·87 cites·54 claims
- 0696US6099522AAutomated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventionsVISX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 8, 2000·660 cites·80 claims
- 0795US7261412B2Presbyopia correction through negative high-order spherical aberrationVISX INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 28, 2007·93 cites·16 claims
- 0895US7044602B2Methods and systems for tracking a torsional orientation and position of an eyeVISX INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 16, 2006·213 cites·41 claims
- 0994US6331177B1Multiple beam laser sculpting system and methodVISX INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 18, 2001·167 cites·14 claims
- 1093US7293873B2Presbyopia correction using patient dataVISX INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 13, 2007·215 cites·56 claims
- 1193US7238177B2Methods and systems for laser calibration and eye tracker camera alignmentVISX INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 3, 2007·22 cites·11 claims
- 1293US5108388ALaser surgery methodVISX INC·Filed 1987·Granted Apr 28, 1992·349 cites·5 claims
- 1392US7261415B2Methods and systems for tracking a torsional orientation and position of an eyeVISX INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 28, 2007·55 cites·20 claims
- 1492US6984227B2Multiple beam laser sculpting system and methodVISX INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 10, 2006·51 cites·21 claims
- 1590US6315413B1Systems and methods for imaging corneal profilesVISX INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 13, 2001·144 cites·32 claims
- 1689US6663619B2Method and systems for laser treatment of presbyopia using offset imagingVISX INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 16, 2003·148 cites·35 claims
- 1788US7175278B2Wavefront reconstruction using fourier transformation and direct integrationVISX INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 13, 2007·29 cites·35 claims
- 1888US7168807B2Iterative fourier reconstruction for laser surgery and other optical applicationsVISX INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 30, 2007·40 cites·23 claims
- 1988US6793654B2Optical feedback system for vision correctionVISX INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 21, 2004·200 cites·10 claims
- 2087US6322216B1Two camera off-axis eye tracker for laser eye surgeryVISX INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 27, 2001·141 cites·16 claims
- 2186US7296893B2Transformation methods of wavefront maps from one vertex distance to anotherVISX INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 20, 2007·31 cites·17 claims
- 2286US6203539B1Method and system for laser treatment of refractive errors using offset imagingVISX INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 20, 2001·237 cites·39 claims
- 2386US5713892AMethod and apparatus for combined cylindrical and spherical eye correctionsVISX INC·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 3, 1998·206 cites·12 claims
- 2486US5009660AGas purging, eye fixation hand pieceVISX INC·Filed 1989·Granted Apr 23, 1991·219 cites·25 claims
- 2585US6419671B1Optical feedback system for vision correctionVISX INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 16, 2002·228 cites·25 claims
- 2685US6280435B1Method and systems for laser treatment of presbyopia using offset imagingVISX INC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 28, 2001·195 cites·15 claims
- 2784US6592574B1Hydration and topography tissue measurements for laser sculptingVISX INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 15, 2003·119 cites·28 claims
- 2884US6245059B1Offset ablation profiles for treatment of irregular astigmationVISX INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 12, 2001·192 cites·11 claims
- 2983US7331674B2Calculating Zernike coefficients from Fourier coefficientsVISX INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 19, 2008·26 cites·16 claims
- 3083US7133137B2Integrated scanning and ocular tomography system and methodVISX INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 7, 2006·85 cites·27 claims
- 3183US6520958B1System and methods for imaging corneal profilesVISX INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 18, 2003·76 cites·16 claims
- 3283US6004313APatient fixation system and method for laser eye surgeryVISX INC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 21, 1999·222 cites·28 claims
- 3383US5912775AMethod and apparatus for temporal and spatial beam integrationVISX INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 15, 1999·55 cites·11 claims
- 3483US5207668AMethod for opthalmological surgeryVISX INC·Filed 1991·Granted May 4, 1993·218 cites·6 claims
- 3582US7001376B2Methods and systems for laser calibration and eye tracker camera alignmentVISX INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 21, 2006·19 cites·7 claims
- 3682US6666855B2Methods and systems for laser calibration and eye tracker camera alignmentVISX INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 23, 2003·73 cites·29 claims
- 3780US6673062B2Generating scanning spot locations for laser eye surgeryVISX INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 6, 2004·78 cites·53 claims
- 3880US6638271B2Multiple beam laser sculpting system and methodVISX INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 28, 2003·85 cites·9 claims
- 3979US6726680B1Automated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventionsVISX INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 27, 2004·80 cites·34 claims
- 4079US6559934B1Method and apparatus for determining characteristics of a laser beam spotVISX INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 6, 2003·47 cites·16 claims
- 4178US6910770B2Eye refractor with active mirror wavefront sensorVISX INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 28, 2005·17 cites·48 claims
- 4278US6044113ADigital pulse width modulatorVISX INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 28, 2000·37 cites·15 claims
- 4378US5865832ASystem for detecting, measuring and compensating for lateral movements of a targetVISX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 2, 1999·194 cites·31 claims
- 4477US7128416B2Eye refractor with active mirror wavefront sensorVISX INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 31, 2006·7 cites·17 claims
- 4577US6299307B1Eye tracking device for laser eye surgery using corneal margin detectionVISX INC·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 9, 2001·160 cites·58 claims
- 4675US7206132B2Lenslet array for beam homogenizationVISX INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 17, 2007·12 cites·60 claims
- 4773US7419485B2Corneal topography-based target warping systemVISX INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 2, 2008·7 cites·17 claims
- 4872US7320517B2Compound modulation transfer function for laser surgery and other optical applicationsVISX INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 22, 2008·33 cites·23 claims
- 4972US6685319B2Enhanced wavefront ablation systemVISX INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 3, 2004·44 cites·11 claims
- 5071US7338165B2Systems and methods for prediction of objective visual acuity based on wavefront measurementsVISX INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 4, 2008·33 cites·50 claims
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