ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,889, issued on Dec. 30.
"Oct zonule imaging" was invented by Simon Bello Delgado (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), Yingjian Wang (Fremont, Calif.), Amanda Carpenter (Pleasanton, Calif.), Si Xi Zhao (Vancouver, Canada), Kabir M. Arianta (Livermore, Calif.) and Jonathan Bumstead (San Ramon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, or device for imaging the anterior segment of an eye includes a contactless adapter/lens that may be attached to an existing ophthalmic imaging system to redirect the imaging system's light beam to traverse the pupil of the eye at a steep angle. In particular, the steep angle is determined to permit the...