Inventor

John K. Shimmick

Inventor

Belmont, CA, US

Overview

29→

Patents

1994–2011

Patent span

Human necessities

Primary field (CPC A)

Patents· 29 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Fprimary

A61FFilters implantable into blood vessels49%

A61BDiagnosis25%

G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions9%

B23KSoldering or unsoldering5%

G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light5%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties5%

PatentTitleYear

7,972,325'Direct wavefront-based corneal ablation treatment program'2011 7,918,846'Method and system for laser treatment of refractive errors using offset imaging'2011 7,582,081'Systems and methods for corneal surface ablation to correct hyperopia'2009 7,503,916'Integrated scanning and ocular tomography system and method'2009 7,238,177'Methods and systems for laser calibration and eye tracker camera alignment'2007 7,133,137'Integrated scanning and ocular tomography system and method'2006 7,001,376'Methods and systems for laser calibration and eye tracker camera alignment'2006 6,755,818'Method and system for laser treatment of refractive errors using offset imaging'2004 6,685,319'Enhanced wavefront ablation system'2004 6,666,855'Methods and systems for laser calibration and eye tracker camera alignment'2003 6,663,619'Method and systems for laser treatment of presbyopia using offset imaging'2003 6,605,081'Systems and methods for imaging corneal profiles'2003 6,592,574'Hydration and topography tissue measurements for laser sculpting'2003 6,530,916'Uniform large area ablation system and method'2003 6,520,958'System and methods for imaging corneal profiles'2003 6,497,701'Method and system for ablating surfaces with partially overlapping craters having consistent curvature'2002 6,406,473'Patient fixation system and method for laser eye surgery'2002 6,319,247'Systems and methods for corneal surface ablation to correct hyperopia'2001 6,315,413'Systems and methods for imaging corneal profiles'2001 6,302,876'Systems and methods for imaging corneal profiles'2001 6,299,307'Eye tracking device for laser eye surgery using corneal margin detection'2001 6,280,435'Method and systems for laser treatment of presbyopia using offset imaging'2001 6,203,539'Method and system for laser treatment of refractive errors using offset imaging'2001 6,056,740'Method and apparatus for combined cylindrical and spherical eye corrections'2000 6,004,313'Patient fixation system and method for laser eye surgery'1999 5,713,892'Method and apparatus for combined cylindrical and spherical eye corrections'1998 5,556,395'Method and system for laser treatment of refractive error using an offset image of a rotatable mask'1996 5,549,597'In situ astigmatism axis alignment'1996 5,339,121'Rectilinear photokeratoscope'1994

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1994Patents assigned to VISX INCORPORTED (1)· patent assignee history

1994–2004Based in Redwood City, CA, US· patent location history

1996–2007Patents assigned to VISX INC (23)· patent assignee history

1996–2011Based in Belmont, CA, US· patent location history

2001Patents assigned to VISX CORP (1)· patent assignee history

2009–2011Patents assigned to AMO MFG USA LLC (4)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
VISX INC	23	1996–2007
AMO MFG USA LLC	4	2009–2011
VISX CORP	1	2001
VISX INCORPORTED	1	1994

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Belmont, California, US	23	1996–2011
Redwood City, California, US	6	1994–2004