ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,830, issued on May 6, was assigned to ANTINOUS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY Ltd. (Macau, Macau).

"Image-based detection of ophthalmic and systemic diseases" was invented by Kang Zhang (Del Mar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems, methods, devices, and media for carrying out detection of ophthalmic and systemic diseases and disorders. Deep learning algorithms enable the automated analysis of ophthalmic images such as retinal scans to generate accurate detection of various diseases and disorders. Point-of-care implementations allow for rapid and efficient detection outside of the clinical setting."

The patent was...