INTERNATIONAL PATENT: ALCON INC. FILES APPLICATION FOR "AUTOFOCUS CONTROL FOR OPHTHALMIC MICROSCOPE USING LOW-COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY"

GENEVA, Jan. 5 -- ALCON INC. (Rue Louis-d'Affry 61701 Fribourg) filed a patent application (PCT/IB2025/056455) for "AUTOFOCUS CONTROL FOR OPHTHALMIC MICROSCOPE USING LOW-COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY" on Jun 25, 2025. With publication no. WO/2026/003751, the details related to the patent application was published on Jan 02, 2026.

Notably, the patent application was submitted under the International Patent Classification (IPC) system, which is managed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Inventor(s): CHARLES, Steven T. (c/o Alcon Research LLC20511 Lake Forest DriveLake Forest, California 92630)

Abstract: A system for automatically focusing ("autofocusing") a microscope during an inner limiting membrane (ILM) peeling maneuver...