ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,063, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Dynamic laser pulse control" was invented by David Jung (Tustin, Calif.), Francisco Javier Ochoa (La Mirada, Calif.), Daniel Castro (Lake Forest, Calif.), Corey Stewart (Irvine, Calif.) and Keith Watanabe (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamically controlling laser pulses being output from a laser system. An example surgical system comprises a laser, an optical switching device, an adjustable input device such as a foot pedal, and a laser pulse controller. An operator actuates the adjustable input devic...