Steven E Schwartz

US Patent:

20110201939, Aug 18, 2011

Filed:

Feb 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/704947

Inventors:

Jean P. HUBSCHMAN - Beverly Hills CA, US
Steven SCHWARTZ - Los Angeles CA, US
Jason WILSON - Santa Monica CA, US

Assignee:

VANTAGE SURGICAL SYSTEM - Beverly Hills CA

International Classification:

A61B 6/00
G01J 1/00

US Classification:

600476, 2504911

Abstract:

Disclosed are methods and systems for guiding emissions to a target. The methods and systems utilize, in part, Markerless Tracking software to detect a beam of energy, such as a laser, toward a target such as a tissue that is the subject of a medical procedure.

US Patent:

20120022408, Jan 26, 2012

Filed:

Jun 27, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/169072

Inventors:

Jean-Pierre Hubschman - Beverly Hills CA, US
Steven Schwartz - Los Angeles CA, US
Jason T. Wilson - Los Angeles CA, US
James S. Gibson - Manhattan Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 9/013
A61B 18/18
A61B 17/00
A61F 9/008
A61B 5/107

US Classification:

600587, 606107, 606166, 606 5, 606 1, 606 10

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention are directed to improved surgical procedures such as ophthalmic procedures that utilize overlaid visual representations of three-dimensional data or other data with direct or indirect visual images of a surgical region (e.g. the eye) to provide improved information to a surgeon to speed surgical procedures and/or to provide improved outcomes of those procedures. In some embodiments, ophthalmic procedures are combined cataract removal and astigmatism reduction procedures. In other embodiments the ophthalmic procedures are corneal refractive surgical procedures that reshape the cornea to reduce astigmatism or other aberrations. In some ophthalmic procedures the three-dimensional data is topography data associated with the anterior surface of the cornea. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional data may be enhanced or replaced with aberrometric data associated with the optical path of the eye.

US Patent:

20120022546, Jan 26, 2012

Filed:

Jun 27, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/169076

Inventors:

Jean-Pierre Hubschman - Beverly Hills CA, US
Steven Schwartz - Los Angeles CA, US
Jason T. Wilson - Los Angeles CA, US
James S. Gibson - Manhattan Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 9/007
A61B 17/3209
A61B 17/3205

US Classification:

606107, 606167

Abstract:

Specific embodiments of the invention are directed to improved phacoemulsification procedures involving the use of processed non-visual three-dimensional data (i.e. diagnostic scan data) to provide a surgeon with additional guidance (i.e. more than that generally obtained from visual observation of the working area) concerning the distance separating a working end of a phacoemulsification instrument and the posterior portion of the capsule of the eye during surgical procedures involving the removal of the crystalline lens of an eye (e.g. a cataract removal procedure). Such separation (i.e. distance or gap) information may be used to aid the surgeon in cutting or scoring the lens to a desired depth while minimizing the risk of penetrating the posterior portion of the capsule with the working end of the instrument. Some embodiments provide for the visual and/or auditory conveyance of distance information to the surgeon wherein visual information may be conveyed by overlaying it with real visual images of actual surface features viewed by the surgeon. Additional embodiments provide for overlaying visual representations of selected three-dimensional structure information (e.g. depths of troughs cut into the lens) with the real surface feature images viewed by the surgeon.

US Patent:

20130123798, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Jan 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/522313

Inventors:

Steven D. Schwartz - Los Angeles CA, US
Jean-Pierre Hubschman - Beverly Hills CA, US
Jason T. Wilson - Los Angeles CA, US
Stephen W. Prince - Los Angeles CA, US
Jean-Louis Bourges - Paris, FR

International Classification:

A61B 19/00

US Classification:

606130

Abstract:

A system for microsurgery includes a first assembly and a second assembly, each including: (1) a planar remote center of motion (RCM) device configured to constrain motion of a surgical instrument attached to the planar RCM device such that an axis of the surgical instrument passes through the RCM while remaining in a planar region defined based on a rotational orientation of the planar RCM device; and (2) a rotational device attached to the planar RCM device and configured such that an axis of rotation of the rotational device passes through the remote center of motion. The rotational orientation of the planar RCM device is defined about the axis of rotation. The first assembly and the second assembly are configured to be positioned such that a distance between the remote centers of motion of the first assembly and the second assembly is no greater than two centimeters.

US Patent:

20140066703, Mar 6, 2014

Filed:

Aug 29, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/014150

Inventors:

Steven SCHWARTZ - Los Angeles CA, US
Jean-Pierre HUBSCHMAN - Beverly Hills CA, US
Vacit ARAT - La Canada Flintridge CA, US
Jason WILSON - Santa Ana CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 1/00
A61B 17/34
A61B 17/00
A61B 1/313
A61B 1/06
A61M 13/00
A61B 1/015
A61B 1/04
A61B 19/00

US Classification:

600103, 600114, 600111

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention are directed to minimally invasive surgical instruments and procedures using those instruments wherein the instruments include optical elements (e.g. a percutaneous optical channel (POC), a retaining plug and a stereoscopic imaging device (e.g. a stereoscopic camera) and a stereoscopic display device. The instruments be part of a system used to provide a surgeon with an indirect stereoscopic view of a surgical area undergoing a minimally invasive surgical procedure in a way that is perceived by the surgeon as being similar to that of an open surgery and providing a natural and intuitive environment to perform the surgery with a high degree of control.

US Patent:

20140066704, Mar 6, 2014

Filed:

Aug 29, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/014164

Inventors:

Steven SCHWARTZ - Los Angeles CA, US
Jean-Pierre HUBSCHMAN - Beverly Hills CA, US
Vacit ARAT - La Canada Flintridge CA, US
Jason WILSON - Santa Ana CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 1/00
A61B 17/34
A61B 19/00
A61B 1/04
A61M 13/00
A61B 17/00
A61B 1/06
A61B 1/313
A61B 1/015

US Classification:

600103, 600114, 600111

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention are directed to minimally invasive surgical instruments and procedures using those instruments wherein the instruments include optical elements (e.g. a percutaneous optical channel (POC), a retaining plug and a stereoscopic imaging device (e.g. a stereoscopic camera) and a stereoscopic display device. The instruments be part of a system used to provide a surgeon with an indirect stereoscopic view of a surgical area undergoing a minimally invasive surgical procedure in a way that is perceived by the surgeon as being similar to that of an open surgery and providing a natural and intuitive environment to perform the surgery with a high degree of control.

US Patent:

20220388663, Dec 8, 2022

Filed:

Nov 12, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/775862

Inventors:

- Carson CA, US
Jean Gayoso - Los Angeles CA, US
Razmik Boodaghians - Glendale CA, US
Steven Schwartz - Long Beach CA, US
Peter Kazemi - Irvine CA, US
Nguyen Tram - Chino Hills CA, US

International Classification:

B64D 11/02
E03D 11/17

Abstract:

A rinse ring system for use on a toilet. The rinse ring is a dual channel rinse ring, which allows the toilet to be flushed with either potable water from a fresh water system or with grey water from a grey water source. Other flush fluids are possible for use. The dual channel rinse ring provides separation between entry points for potable water rinse and the grey water rinse, preventing the possibility of contamination of the potable water source with grey water.

US Patent:

20180127965, May 10, 2018

Filed:

Oct 26, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/794587

Inventors:

- Carson CA, US
Arnaud Namer - Torrance CA, US
Timothy Morse - Aliso Viejo CA, US
John Yu - Diamond Bar CA, US
Steven Schwartz - Long Beach CA, US
Russell Tomas - Santa Ana CA, US
Razmik Boodaghians - Glendale CA, US

Assignee:

MAG Aerospace Industries, LLC - Carson CA

International Classification:

E03F 1/00

Abstract:

Embodiments relate generally to flush plates having noncircular openings. In a specific example, the flush plate has a shark-fin shaped opening with an extending fin along a tail portion.