ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,995, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ALCON INC. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Patient interfaces for cooling eye tissue" was invented by Mario Abraham (Burgthann, Germany) and Michael Wittnebel (Hirschaid, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface for an ophthalmic laser system includes an interface portion and an attachment portion. The interface portion includes a transmissive portion and an interface wall. The transmissive portion allows a laser beam through to the cornea of an eye to perform an ophthalmic procedure. The interface wall is disposed outwardly from the transmissive portion. The attachment portion couple...