ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,885, issued on May 13, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany).
"Arrangement for the OCT-based laser vitreolysis" was invented by Martin Hacker (Jena, Germany), Mark Bischoff (Jena, Germany) and Manfred Dick (Gefell, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for OCT-based laser treatment of vitreous floaters. The arrangement for OCT-based laser vitreolysis includes an OCT system, a laser system having a deflection unit, optical elements that couple the OCT system and the laser system, a display unit and a central control and operating unit. The OCT system is configured to localize the floaters, the laser sys...