ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,367, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ALCON INC. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Adjusting moisture conditions for ophthalmic laser ablation surgery" was invented by Mario Abraham (Burgthann, Germany) and Michael Wittnebel (Hirschaid, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic laser ablation system comprises a laser device, liquid remover, and computer. The laser device directs laser radiation towards an eye as a plurality of shots to ablate tissue of the eye according to a treatment pattern. The liquid remover removes liquid from a surface of the tissue of the eye. The computer: determines a moisture ma...