US Patent Issued on March 18 for "Selection of toric intraocular lenses" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,304, issued on March 18.

"Selection of toric intraocular lenses" was invented by Samir Sayegh (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of selection of a toric intraocular lens (tIOL) for use in correcting an astigmatism using are disclosed. One of an overcorrecting tIOL and an undercorrecting tIOL may be selected based on, among other things, an estimated misalignment. The estimated misalignment may include all contributions to misalignment of a tIOL when implanted."

The patent was filed on Sept. 12, 2021, under Application No. 17/472,651.

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