ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,623, issued on July 22, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Efficient lasers for tissue disruption" was invented by Mikhail Ovchinnikov (Dana Point, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are disclosed for operating a laser. Such methods may comprise operating the laser to emit electromagnetic energy in an infrared range in pulses with a pulse duration of greater than 1 ns. The wavelength of infrared electromagnetic energy may be in a range of about 2.6Mu to about 3.3Mu or about 1.8Mu to about 2.1Mu. The pulses may have a pulse energy selected to deliver an energy density of 2,500 J/cm3 or greater. The laser e...