US Patent Issued to ALCON on Feb. 25 for "Systems and methods for aligning an eye with a patient interface of an ophthalmic laser device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,005, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to ALCON INC. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for aligning an eye with a patient interface of an ophthalmic laser device" 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, a system for aligning an eye with a patient interface of a laser device includes a camera, a display screen, and a computer. The camera records images of the eye through the patient interface of the laser device. A liquid is disposed between and is in contact with the patient interface and the outer surface of the eye....