ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,964, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Fareham, Great Britain).
"Alignment system for ophthalmic instrument" was invented by Roger Brian Minchin Clarke (Cambridge, Great Britain), Will Hamlyn (Cambridge, Great Britain), Richard Lintern (Cambridge, Great Britain), James Richardson (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Karl Jessel (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of, and apparatus for, aligning an ophthalmic instrument relative to an eye is disclosed, and can include aligning an esthesiometer with a patient's eye. The method can include steps of: directing a beam of light from...