A61F2/1629

Air turbine starters having oil feed shutoff valves and gas turbine engines including the same

Air Turbine Starters (ATSs) having oil feed shutoff valves are provided, as are gas turbine engines including ATSs. In one embodiment, the ATS includes an ATS housing assembly containing a sump chamber, an oil inlet, and a valve cavity. A rejected oil return passage is further formed in the ATS housing assembly and fluidly coupled to the valve cavity. An oil feed shutoff valve is positioned in the valve cavity and contains a valve element movable between open and closed positions. In the open position, the valve element permits oil flow from the oil inlet, through the valve cavity, and into the sump chamber. In the closed position, valve element blocks oil flow from the oil inlet into the sump chamber, while redirecting the oil flow into rejected oil return passage to reduce the loss of engine oil through the ATS in the event of an ATS housing breach.

ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS
20170209257 · 2017-07-27 ·

An Accommodating Intraocular Lens (AIOL) is disclosed herein, that is comprised of a flexible optic and a flexible haptic rim that conforms to the human eye capsule. The spherical or custom shape of the optic is engineered to be maintained during accommodation through the mechanical/optic design of the implant and the interaction between the implant and the naturally occurring position and actuating forces applied through ciliary muscles/zonules/and capsule as the brain senses the need to increase the diopter change or magnification when an object of fixation approaches the eye. The axial relocation or position of the AIOL may also be further adjusted anatomically to further improve the affect needed to achieve improved accommodation. Optionally, the Accommodating Intraocular Lens (AIOL) is foldable or injectable for delivery of the lens into the eye.

Double accommodating intraocular accordion lens
09681945 · 2017-06-20 ·

A Double Accommodating Intraocular Lens (DAIOL), which not only axially moves its flexible optic to accommodate, but also peripherally compresses or decompresses the optic to change its convexity or power, thus, double accommodating simultaneously upon contraction or expansion of the ciliary muscles and subsequently the lens capsule. The DAIOL includes a deployable semi-rigid or elastic haptic assembly and a flexible single optic. The DAIOL is further composed of three or four ring haptics and three or four deployable resilient lazy tongs, attached to a single elastically flexible plate encompassing a flexible optic. Accordingly, the radial compression of the capsular bag by the contraction of the ciliary muscles axially moves and radially compresses the flexible optic in the lens and vice versa upon radial expansion of the capsular bag, backward axial movement, and decompression of the optic, due to the resilient lazy tongs action, for double accommodation.

Intraocular lens having hinged haptic structures
12220309 · 2025-02-11 · ·

An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a haptic structure coupled with the optic. The haptic structure includes an inner ring comprising a plurality of hinges such that portions of the inner ring reside at different radii from the optic axis. The haptic structure further includes a first loop extending from the inner ring and having two points of connection to the inner ring and a second loop extending from the inner ring and having two points of connection to the inner ring. The second loop is oriented opposite the first loop.

Semi-rigid framework for a plate haptic accommodating intraocular lens
09655716 · 2017-05-23 ·

A plate haptic for an accommodating intraocular lens. The plate haptic has a haptic body that is substantially rigid in a longitudinal direction and substantially flexible in a transverse direction. A chassis is integral to the haptic body. The chassis causes the haptic body to be substantially more rigid in a longitudinal direction than in a transverse direction.

Accommodating intraocular lens
09629712 · 2017-04-25 ·

An Accommodating Intraocular Lens (AIOL) is disclosed herein, that is comprised of a flexible optic and a flexible haptic rim that conforms to the human eye capsule. The spherical or custom shape of the optic is engineered to be maintained during accommodation through the mechanical/optic design of the implant and the interaction between the implant and the naturally occurring position and actuating forces applied through ciliary muscles/zonules/and capsule as the brain senses the need to increase the diopter change or magnification when an object of fixation approaches the eye. The axial relocation or position of the AIOL may also be further adjusted anatomically to further improve the affect needed to achieve improved accommodation. Optionally, the Accommodating Intraocular Lens (AIOL) is foldable or injectable for delivery of the lens into the eye.

Intraocular lenses for variable focus

A novel lens for variable focus has two optical elements which simultaneously move in a lateral and an axial direction. The lens also includes variable corrective optics to correct for undesired variable optical aberrations. The lens can be used as an accommodating lens for implantation in the capsular bag. The lens can be driven by either the surfaces of the capsular bag as well as the rim of the capsular bag.

DOUBLE ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR ACCORDION LENS
20170071728 · 2017-03-16 ·

A Double Accommodating Intraocular Lens (DAIOL), which not only axially moves its flexible optic to accommodate, but also peripherally compresses or decompresses the optic to change its convexity or power, thus, double accommodating simultaneously upon contraction or expansion of the ciliary muscles and subsequently the lens capsule. The DAIOL includes a deployable semi-rigid or elastic haptic assembly and a flexible single optic. The DAIOL is further composed of three or four ring haptics and three or four deployable resilient lazy tongs, attached to a single elastically flexible plate encompassing a flexible optic. Accordingly, the radial compression of the capsular bag by the contraction of the ciliary muscles axially moves and radially compresses the flexible optic in the lens and vice versa upon radial expansion of the capsular bag, backward axial movement, and decompression of the optic, due to the resilient lazy tongs action, for double accommodation.

ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS WITH OUTER SUPPORT STRUCTURE

An intraocular lens for insertion into the capsular bag of an eye contains an optic, an outer periphery, and an outer support structure. The optic has a periphery and centered about an optical axis. The outer periphery is disposed about the optic and configured to engage an equatorial region of the capsular bag of an eye. The outer support structure is disposed along the periphery and spaced from the optic with voids outer support structure and the optic. The intraocular lens further comprises a first intermediate member and a weakened region disposed along the outer periphery between the outer support structure and the first intermediate member. The first intermediate member operably couples the optic and the outer support structure. The weakened region is attached to, and configured to provide relative motion between, the outer support structure and the first intermediate member in response to the ciliary muscle of the eye.

Foldable intraocular lens with rigid haptics
09585745 · 2017-03-07 ·

An intraocular lens comprises a flexible optic and at least one haptic connected to the optic. The at least one haptic comprises a rigid structure.