About the Inventors
Ralph M. Heintz Engineer.
- Ralph Heintz owned the first electronic company in Silicone Valley and San Francico Bay Area.
- His inventions played a key part in the United States winning World War II.
Maurice Trip
- Created the optical components of the Ocutome.
- Silicone Cornea lenses- the first ever made or used on a human eye.
- Fiber Optic devices for illuminating the interior of the eye.
Louis Gerard MD
- Former professor of ophthalmology at Baylor University, pioneered ultrasonic imaging probes for emulsifying human crystalline lenses.
- Dr. O'Malley had Berkeley Bio Engineering buyout the company that made it for him so (BBE) could incorporate his ideas for Endo-fragmentation into the (BBE) Ocutome.
- Louis Gerard was the personal ophthalmologist to Lyndon B. Johnson until the President died.
Conor O'Malley MD
- Graduated in 1956 from UCG (University College Galway) currently called National University Ireland Galway.
- Son of a farming family that produced 55 medical doctors in 3 generations.
- He invented the Ocutome including plugs, hardware, and techniques that permitted others to restore sight to about 2 million people (mostly diabetic) or to prevent blindness.
A Deceased Engineer who Will Not be Named
- Used to work for Alcon Surgical, the third maker of the Ocutome.
- He used to tell them he invented the Ocutome with some help from Steve Charles of Memphis.
- The Ocutome was selling around the world before he got to work on it with Conor O'Malley for (BBE).