ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,065, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for identifying cassette type in a surgical system" was invented by Deep Mehta (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for managing phacoemulsification surgery having a cassette with at least one pressure sensor and at least one fluid channel, wherein the at least one pressure sensor is fluidly coupled with the at least one fluid channel. The surgical console also having a controller and a cassette receiving area, for engaging with the cassette, wherein the controller is configured to compare at least...