ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,625, issued on June 10, was assigned to Aston Vision Sciences Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).

"Ophthalmic device" was invented by Karl Obszanski (Birmingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an ophthalmic device comprising at least one linear array of a plurality of light sources. The linear array is rotationally mounted about a central axis on a mounting body which may contain a motor. The linear array has an inner end and an outer end, and the inner end is mounted closer to the central axis and the mounting body than the outer end. As the array is rotated, it forms a series of concentric...