ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,449, issued on July 15, was assigned to AMO Groningen B.V. (Netherlands).

"Systems and methods for treating ocular disease with an intraocular lens and refractive index writing" was invented by Robert Rosen (Groningen, Netherlands), Franck Emmanuel Gounou (Groningen, Netherlands), Carmen Canovas Vidal (Groningen, Netherlands) and Aixa Alarcon Heredia (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for improving vision of a subject implanted with an intraocular lens (IOL). In some embodiments, a method of treating an ocular disease of a subject having an implanted intraocular lens (IOL) includes determining ...