US Patent Issued to Lensar on Feb. 18 for "System and apparatus for treating the lens of an eye" (Florida, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,347, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Lensar Inc..

"System and apparatus for treating the lens of an eye" was invented by Gary P. Gray (Orlando, Fla.), Rudolph W. Frey (Maitland, Fla.), Dennis R. Pape (Orlando, Fla.), George R. Downes (Orlando, Fla.), Jorge A. De Castro (Orlando, Fla.) and Jerome R. Kuszak (Oak Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering th...