US Patent Issued to Lensar on July 1 for "Combined laser and phacoemulsification system for eye surgery" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,284, issued on July 1, was assigned to Lensar Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Combined laser and phacoemulsification system for eye surgery" was invented by Christopher Horvath (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Vanessa I. Vera (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cataract surgery is in recent years more and more augmented and supported by the application of laser cuts in the eye tissue. Such laser systems are separate units from the phacoemulsification system units that are usually used for cataract extraction. The laser systems require the patient to be positioned under the laser unit and then being moved under the surgical microsc...