ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,889, issued on Aug. 26.
"Lamellar corneal autologous or homologous graft in refractive surgery" was invented by Gholam A. Peyman (Sun City, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of lamellar corneal graft implantation is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of: (i) forming one or more intrastromal incisions in a cornea of an eye of a patient; (ii) removing a cut portion of the cornea defined by the one or more intrastromal incisions from the eye of the patient; (iii) applying laser energy to a lamellar corneal graft using an excimer laser so as to modify the refractive power of the lamellar corneal graft, the lamell...