US Patent Issued to AMO Groningen on Nov. 25 for "Ring halometer system and method for quantifying dysphotopsias" (Dutch, Portuguese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,248, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AMO Groningen B.V. (Groningen, Netherlands).

"Ring halometer system and method for quantifying dysphotopsias" was invented by Miguel Faria Ribeiro (Braga, Portugal), Mark Jenkins Sanchez (Groningen, Netherlands), Aixa Alarcon Heredia (Haren, Netherlands) and Robert Rosen (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ring halometer system configured to quantify dysphotopsias in a patient. The system includes a white screen and a first light source configured to emit a glare source from the white screen. The glare source is configured to form a veil of light visible to the patient when...