ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,276, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AMO DEVELOPMENT LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Microfemtotomy methods and systems" was invented by Georg Schuele (Portola Valley, Calif.), Julian Stevens (London) and Dan Andersen (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for performing laser-assisted surgery on an eye form one or more small anchoring capsulotomies in the lens capsule of the eye. The one or more anchoring capsulotomies are configured to accommodate corresponding anchoring features of an intraocular lens and/or to accommodate one or more drug-eluting members. A method for performing laser-assisted eye surger...