US Patent Issued to AMO Development on Sept. 23 for "Patient interface device for ophthalmic surgical laser system employing a cap for lens cone handling" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,785, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AMO Development LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an ophthalmic surgical laser system, a patient interface device for coupling a patient's eye to the laser system includes a lens cone with a frustoconical shaped shell for coupling to the laser system and a suction ring for coupling to the patient's eye, the lens cone and ...