ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,346, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany).

"Method for eye surgical procedure" was invented by Mark Bischoff (Jena, Germany) and Gregor Stobrawa (Jena, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a planning device for generating control data for a treatment apparatus, which by means of a laser device generates at least one cut surface in the cornea, and to a treatment apparatus having such a planning device. The invention further relates to a method for generating control data for a treatment apparatus, which by means of a laser device generates at least one cut surface in the c...