ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,488, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ACUFOCUS INC. (Bridgewater, N.J.).
"Masked intraocular implants and lenses" was invented by Bruce A. Christie (Claremont, Calif.) and Alexei N. Kosmynine (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implants can improve the vision of a patient, such as by increasing the depth of focus of an eye of a patient. In particular, the intraocular implants can include a mask having an annular portion with a relatively low visible light transmission surrounding a relatively high transmission central portion...