US Patent Issued to AMO DEVELOPMENT on Feb. 10 for "Patient interface device for ophthalmic surgical laser system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,268, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AMO DEVELOPMENT LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Patient interface device for ophthalmic surgical laser system" was invented by Jose Garcia (Fremont, Calif.), Trevor Hannon (Hayward, Calif.), Vyechi Low (San Jose, Calif.) and Christina Lagarto (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface device for an ophthalmic surgical laser system includes a lens cone component for coupling to the laser system and a suction ring component having a flexible skirt for coupling to the patient's eye. The suction ring component includes a gripper integrated with the flexible skirt, formed of hard p...