US Patent Issued to AMO Groningen on Nov. 25 for "Intraocular lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,465, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AMO Groningen B.V. (Groningen, Netherlands).

"Intraocular lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function" was invented by Robert Rosen (Groningen, Netherlands), Hendrik A. Weeber (Groningen, Netherlands), Carmen Canovas Vidal (Groningen, Netherlands), Marrie Van Der Mooren (Engelbert, Netherlands) and Dora Sellitri (Arnhem, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing symmetric or asymmet...