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Not a single licensee of any of InWith's patents... after many years!
Why is that again?
If they want to do any kind of smart contact lens, they will have to work around InWith's elastic circuit patent. No point in having the lens if they can't manufacture it, so unless they plan on doing it on a lens other than silicon hydrogel, they will be paying InWith royalties.
They are unlikely competitors! InWith does not have IP covering AR & VR smart contact lens at all or any of the tangent or related technologies. This is not their focus. They only made a hypothetical statement regarding possibility of achieving AR SCL in about 5-10 years. InWith does not work on AR smart contact lens.
FYI: RaayonNova is a private company that filed number of patent applications covering some key technology related to AR & VR enabled smart contact lens. Guys are developing actual prototype.
An interesting read from Herald of Scotland:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/16144588.Google_Glass__How_smart_contact_lenses_could_be_the_next_big_thing/
Here is Forbes link on the same:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2018/04/20/week-in-wearables-snoring-combated-on-apple-watch-nokia-health-smart-contact-lenses/#ce2aead63ccf
Alls well, wrong url. Thanks David
Have I been locked out of the Facebook site or is something wrong with the page?
Looks like they will be needing InWith's Elastic Circuit technology.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMAGING LENS
Provisional patent app filed by the current leaders in the smart contact lens race, InWith Corp, has recently been published by the USPTO as a non-provisional app is is now under available for review.
15/564,197 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMAGING LENS
The present invention is a method and apparatus projecting an image or series of images onto the retina. Furthermore, the present invention is neither cumbersome nor obstructive to the user. This is accomplished by embedding an imaging lens on the perimeter of the contact lens adapted to project an image inward toward the center of the contact lens, wherein the projected light will then be redirected onto the retina.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMAGING LENS
Hard to find anything about the company itself. Articles of their patent applications is all thats out there. They'll be lucky to get one approved before the year 2020.
But they are worth following. Their technology is interesting. Its yet to be seen wether or not they can have those circuits on silicon hydrogel lenses. Its not mentioned in any of their claims.
I added it under COMPANIES LATE TO THE GAME BUT WORTH FOLLOWING section.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into it.
You can talk about anything and everything that is related to smart contact lenses or other bioMEM technology.
Maybe this could be posted above. I know RaayonNova is a small company, but they are a competitor.
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20170023793
fine with me...
Can RaayonNova be discussed here?
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Simple reminder of board rules. This board is not a company board. If you wish to comment on a specific company's management, pps, fundamentals, trading behavior, or the validity of a company, etc, then go to the company's specific iHub board and do it there. Any type of posts of that nature posted here, will be deleted. TOS rules also apply.
This board is ONLY for the discussion of BioMEM technology. Right now, we are focusing on smart contact lenses. However, any other type of technology that can be placed into the human body is also allowed.
If there is a company that i do not have listed on the main page, let me know and I will add it if is relevant.
Hey David, are we going to be able to speak about anything we want over here on this iHub page?
InWith Corp has acquired EPGL Med and it's smart contact lens technology. Technology that includes the Elastic Circuit patent. Technology that companies will have to have in order to manufacture silicon hydrogel lenses containing circuitry.
Is there another company that has similar technology that is able to mass manufacture silicon hydrogel lenses containing circuitry???
Simple reminder of board rules. This board is not a company board. If you wish to comment on a specific company's management, pps, fundamentals, trading behavior, or the validity of a company, etc, then go to the company's specific iHub board and do it there. Any type of posts of that nature posted here, will be deleted. TOS rules also apply.
This board is ONLY for the discussion of BioMEM technology. Right now, we are focusing on smart contact lenses. However, any other type of technology that can be placed into the human body is also allowed.
If there is a company that i do not have listed on the main page, let me know and I will add it if is relevant.
Another fascinating article dug up by JudyPudy on smart contact lenses being used with satellites/radar
Virtual contact lenses for radar satellites:
"Radar satellites supply the data used to map sea level and ocean currents. However, up until now the radar's "eyes" have been blind where the oceans are covered by ice. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed a new analysis method to solve this problem……"
Virtual contact lenses for radar satellites
Good article in Forbes regarding the link between watches and wearables.
Forbes article
Interesting article from JudyPudy on a company called E-Vision.
Thanks for the contribution
E-Vision
I used the takeover swap ratio .0026. As far as I can tell your just expressing your opinion.
That .0026 shares of InWith Corp = .13 value for 1 share of EPGL.
Stock merger; EPGL acquired by InWith Corporation, a private Delaware entity; for every 1 share of EPGL shareholders have the right to receive 0.0026 shares of InWith Corporation
5/11/18 daily list - http://otce.finra.org/DailyList
$InWith is positioned to be one of the leaders of tech's hottest new field; Augmented Vision. Soon, $EPGL stockholders will receive the new $InWith shares! It has taken more time because of the switch to a new stock TA, but it is coming and you will see an increase in equity.
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"Within a few years, McEvoy expects J&J to offer contact lenses in which contain medication."
Thanks for sharing
I still think that JJ is in the race with EPGL, I think they are still together, I would not be surprised if JJ was the partner with which they build a prototype.It would be logic.
the partnership for the prototype began in october 2017, I would not be surprised if they have almost finished the prototype.
Anyway, it should be good.
Johnson & Johnson is betting on vision care and expanding beyond contacts
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/acuvue-contact-lenses-arent-the-only-piece-of-jjs-vision-portfolio.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/acuvue-contact-lenses-arent-the-only-piece-of-jjs-vision-portfolio.html
"The 1st prototype for a marketable smart contact lens,being produced by EPGL Med, with a specific application, and made of silicon hydrogel, is due out this year. "
Yep, so impatient to see it and maybe to use it.
There will be a multitude of different companies for all sorts of applications. Be it Medical, entertainment or military. Many bluechips that are behind in the race, failed with their tech outright, or simply never got started, are now waiting to buy up the smaller companies rather try and catch up to the others or throw countless millions into R&D.
The 1st prototype for a marketable smart contact lens,being produced by EPGL Med, with a specific application, and made of silicon hydrogel, is due out this year.
SMART CONTACT LENSES MARKET WILL BE FIERCELY COMPETITIVE IN 2023; SAYS SAMSUNG, SONY, GOOGLE
http://www.abnewswire.com/pressreleases/smart-contact-lenses-market-will-be-fiercely-competitive-in-2023-says-samsung-sony-google_184423.html
Good article about more science being put to use for smart contact lenses. They are a long ways out, but who knows. There are many, many companies clawing to get into this coming market. Some are further ahead than others.
You mean the lens shot I put up next to J&J's. I simply did an image search and snagged one. Lol. If you want me to put up another one, send me a link.
Image of Lens taken from the " Fire Upon the deep "
http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/12/29/in-which-we-stoke-the-fire-upon-the-deep.html
What a total scam
In the same time they tested their technology on rabbits, it seems to be a success so it seems possible. But it is curious that they have not tested this with the best current contact lenses that are made with silicone hydrogel. Maybe soon they will.
Nah. Its a company that really doesn’t have a shot.
Their lens does not yet meet the standard required for current commercialization.
Their lens is made of silicone rubber (elastofilcon A) which is not ideal for hydration and oxygenation on the human eye and the structure of the designed substrate presents clarity issues and as constructed, so basically, it can never work within silicone hydrogel
That’s all they got. I really don’t see them moving forward in any time frame that would allow them to have any success.
Maybe we should add the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea who have prototyped and tested their device on rabbits - and reported that it causes no adverse reactions.
https://www.sciencealert.com/smart-flexible-contact-lens-monitors-glucose-real-time-diabetes
Remember Sony's widely reported patent app for it's smart lens?
Sony Smart Lens
It got denied as well. Got its Final rejection notice last december, yet they are still trying.
As long as the USPTO can make money on appeals and and reexamination, anybody can keep trying.
USPTO Sony Final Rejection
Application number 14/785,249
I assume so... but I have to read the wrapper!
That is why I wondered in my post if they could continue in spite of the final rejection. But it was in 2016. did they continue the process knowing that epgl has prior art, priority date?.
"Final rejection is final rejection "
A Final Rejection means anything but final!
It pretty much mean "Final Free Rejection"...
I have had MANY Final Rejections that turned into patents...
I haven't read the rejection but I will if there is time!
"“Final” is a misnomer, however, because a final rejection does not mean that prosecution of the patent application is over."
Read this, for example:
https://ptslaw.com/2016/04/a-final-rejection-is-not-the-end/
Final rejection is final rejection lol.
could Samsung solve their rejection ?. Seems too late.
Once thing seems sure, they are not ahead in this field. good job for Inwith.
A look at Samsung's Smart contact lens patent app from 2016. In february, it received it's FINAL REJECTION from the USPTO. Will they keep pressing?
SMART CONTACT LENSES FOR AUGMENTED REALITY AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND OPERATING THE SAME
Samsung Patent
well, well, in fact I am not against this idea and I am aware of the race and of the multiple future applications but it is frustrating to see the developments and partnerships of the competitors.
I am so curious and impatient to see the next developments and partnerships of Inwith thanks to their breaking technology.
Go InWith.
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