US Patent Issued to Alcon on Sept. 2 for "Tracking of retinal traction through digital image correlation" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,977, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Tracking of retinal traction through digital image correlation" was invented by Niccolo Maschio (Zurich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking system for quantifying retinal traction on a retina of a patient eye includes an indicator device, a stereo camera, and an electronic control unit (ECU). The stereo camera collects and outputs stereo image data. The ECU, which is in communication with the indicator device, executes a method by receiving the stereo image data from the stereo camera during an ophthalmic procedure and thereafter assigning...