MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547081872 A) filed by Lhotse Medical, Inc., San Francisco, on Aug. 28, for 'thermal systems and methods for crystalline lens removal.'

Inventor(s) include Doraiswamy, Anand; Schieber, Andrew; and Flowers, Matthew.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This disclosure relates to thermal emulsification systems and methods for cataract removal. The thermal emulsification systems can apply heat to the crystalline lens of the eye, resulting in the emulsification of the crystalline lens. The emulsified crystalline lens can be aspirated ...