US Patent Issued to AMO Development on Oct. 14 for "Patient interface for ophthalmic laser surgery employing scleral support structures to reduce intraocular pressure" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,384, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AMO Development LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Patient interface for ophthalmic laser surgery employing scleral support structures to reduce intraocular pressure" was invented by Christina Lagarto (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jose Garcia (Fremont, Calif.), Trevor Hannon (Hayward, Calif.) and Vyechi Low (San Jose, 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 for coupling to the patient's eye. The suction ring includes a gripper with an opening for receiving and...