US Patent Issued to Alcon on Feb. 10 for "Optical fiber connector and adapter" (California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,265, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Optical fiber connector and adapter" was invented by Mark Harrison Farley (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Chenguang Diao (Irvine, Calif.), Mark Alan Hopkins (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Alireza Mirsepassi (Irvine, Calif.), Timothy C. Ryan (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Ronald T. Smith (Irvine, Calif.) and Dennis Martin Terenzio (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and devices for coupling optical fibers with laser surgical systems. In particular, certain aspects provide a push-pull connector and adapter for releasabl...