VISX, Incorporated
106Patents
1Active
106Granted
43Portfolio score
Filing activity: Aug 5, 1987 → Mar 28, 2006 · 1 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6099522A | Automated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventions | Human Necessities | 369 | Expired |
| US5108388A | Laser surgery method | Human Necessities | 219 | Expired |
| US5163934A | Photorefractive keratectomy | Human Necessities | 202 | Expired |
| US6419671B1 | Optical feedback system for vision correction | Human Necessities | 179 | Expired |
| US6793654B2 | Optical feedback system for vision correction | Human Necessities | 179 | Expired |
| US7293873B2 | Presbyopia correction using patient data | Human Necessities | 167 | Expired |
| US5009660A | Gas purging, eye fixation hand piece | Human Necessities | 155 | Expired |
| US5646791A | Method and apparatus for temporal and spatial beam integration | Human Necessities | 148 | Expired |
| US5207668A | Method for opthalmological surgery | Human Necessities | 144 | Expired |
| US5219343A | Apparatus for performing ophthalmogolical surgery | Human Necessities | 143 | Expired |
| US6203539A | Method and system for laser treatment of refractive errors using offset imaging | Human Necessities | 136 | Expired |
| US6772053B2 | Aspects of a control system of a minimally invasive surgical apparatus | Electricity | 134 | Expired |
| US7044602B2 | Methods and systems for tracking a torsional orientation and position of an eye | Physics | 133 | Expired |
| US6004313A | Patient fixation system and method for laser eye surgery | Human Necessities | 129 | Expired |
| US5713892A | Method and apparatus for combined cylindrical and spherical eye corrections | Human Necessities | 119 | Expired |
| US6663619B2 | Method and systems for laser treatment of presbyopia using offset imaging | Human Necessities | 115 | Expired |
| US5219344A | Methods and apparatus for laser sculpture of the cornea | Human Necessities | 111 | Expired |
| US6299307A | Eye tracking device for laser eye surgery using corneal margin detection | Human Necessities | 108 | Expired |
| US5865832A | System for detecting, measuring and compensating for lateral movements of a target | Human Necessities | 108 | Expired |
| US6280435A | Method and systems for laser treatment of presbyopia using offset imaging | Human Necessities | 100 | Expired |
| US6497701B2 | Method and system for ablating surfaces with partially overlapping craters having consistent curvature | Human Necessities | 99 | Expired |
| US6245059A | Offset ablation profiles for treatment of irregular astigmation | Human Necessities | 96 | Expired |
| US6322216A | Two camera off-axis eye tracker for laser eye surgery | Human Necessities | 88 | Expired |
| US6251101A | Surgical laser system microscope with separated ocular and objective lenses | Human Necessities | 86 | Expired |
| US5556395A | Method and system for laser treatment of refractive error using an offset image of a rotatable mask | Human Necessities | 84 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.