US Patent Issued to Avedro on Oct. 28 for "Systems and methods treating for corneal ectatic disorders" (Virginia, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,652, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Avedro Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Systems and methods treating for corneal ectatic disorders" was invented by Rajesh K. Rajpal (McLean, Va.) and Grace Elizabeth Lytle (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To treat corneal ectatic disorders, systems and methods can precisely apply photoactivating light to specified areas of a cornea treated with a cross-linking agent. An example system includes a light source that provides a photoactivating light to photoactivate a cross-linking agent applied to an eye. The system includes optical element(s) that transmit the photoactivating light to the eye ac...