ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,267, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany).
"Arrangement for laser vitreolysis" was invented by Martin Hacker (Jena, Germany) and Manfred Dick (Gefell, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for laser treatment of vitreous floaters. The arrangement for laser vitreolysis of an eye includes an OCDR system, a laser system having a deflection unit, optical elements that couple the OCDR system and the laser system, a display unit and a central control and operating unit. The OCDR system is configured to localize the position of a floater along the optical axis of the OCDR system. The laser...