← Back to Patent Explorer
US3070808A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Eyeball replacement buried muscle cone motility implant body with post-surgical conformer prosthesis

Assignee: Individual
•
Filing: 1960-03-01
•
Granted: 1963-01-01
•
Expires: 1980-03-01
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Allen Edwin Lee

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 20:04
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/14; A61F2/141

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 158 words
AN IMPLANT AND PROTHESIS FORMING AN ARTIFICIAL EYE, HAVING IN COMBINATION AN IMPLANT BODY HAVING A REAR, APPROXIMATELY SEMI-SPHERICAL PORTION AND HAVING A FACE PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL, FORWARDLY PROTRUDING MOUNDS TAPERING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BASE PORTIONS THEREOF AND TERMINATING IN ROUNDED EXTREMITIES AND BEING SPACED APART PROPER DISTANCES TO NICELY ACCOMMODATE BETWEEN THEM THE SEVERED ENDS AND A PORTION OF THE BODIES OF THE FOUR RECTUS MUSCLES OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL EYE, A PROSTHESIS SHAPED TO FILL THE FORWARD OPENING OF THE ENUCLEATED SOCKET AND THE EYELIDS OF THE USER, AND HAVING A REAR FACE PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF DEPRESSIONS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO SAID MOUNDS AND OF PRECISELY COMPLEMENTARY SHAPE THERETO, THE SAID COMPLEMENTARY SURFACES OF SAID MOUNDS AND DEPRESSIONS SERVING TO ENGAGE AND CLAMP MARGINAL PORTIONS OF TENON''S CAPSULE AND CONJUNCTIVA TO SEAL THE SAID PORTIONS BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND SAID MOUNDS AND DEPRESSIONS INTERLOCKING OR KEYING SAID IMPLANT AND PROSTHESIS TOGETHER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 158 words
AN IMPLANT AND PROTHESIS FORMING AN ARTIFICIAL EYE, HAVING IN COMBINATION AN IMPLANT BODY HAVING A REAR, APPROXIMATELY SEMI-SPHERICAL PORTION AND HAVING A FACE PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL, FORWARDLY PROTRUDING MOUNDS TAPERING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BASE PORTIONS THEREOF AND TERMINATING IN ROUNDED EXTREMITIES AND BEING SPACED APART PROPER DISTANCES TO NICELY ACCOMMODATE BETWEEN THEM THE SEVERED ENDS AND A PORTION OF THE BODIES OF THE FOUR RECTUS MUSCLES OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL EYE, A PROSTHESIS SHAPED TO FILL THE FORWARD OPENING OF THE ENUCLEATED SOCKET AND THE EYELIDS OF THE USER, AND HAVING A REAR FACE PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF DEPRESSIONS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO SAID MOUNDS AND OF PRECISELY COMPLEMENTARY SHAPE THERETO, THE SAID COMPLEMENTARY SURFACES OF SAID MOUNDS AND DEPRESSIONS SERVING TO ENGAGE AND CLAMP MARGINAL PORTIONS OF TENON''S CAPSULE AND CONJUNCTIVA TO SEAL THE SAID PORTIONS BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND SAID MOUNDS AND DEPRESSIONS INTERLOCKING OR KEYING SAID IMPLANT AND PROSTHESIS TOGETHER.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US2649590A Cited
US2466780A Cited
US2572416A Cited
US2653327A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1965-12-31 1966-07-02 1967-01-01 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1969-12-31 1970-07-02 1971-01-01 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1973-12-31 1974-07-02 1975-01-01 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag