US Patent Issued to AMO DEVELOPMENT on Dec. 9 for "Corneal topography measurement and alignment of corneal surgical procedures" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,114, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to AMO DEVELOPMENT LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Corneal topography measurement and alignment of corneal surgical procedures" was invented by David D. Scott (Oakland, Calif.), Javier Gonzalez (Palo Alto, Calif.), David Dewey (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Noah Bareket (Saratoga, Calif.) and Georg Schuele (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are configures to measure an eye without contacting the eye with a patient interface, and these measurements are used to determine alignment and placement of the incisions when the patient interface contacts the eye. The pre-contact locatio...