ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,338, issued on March 18, was assigned to Lensar Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Laser methods and systems for addressing conditions of the lens" was invented by Dustin Morley (Rockledge, Fla.), Gary P. Gray (Orlando, Fla.) and Richard Ty Olmstead (Ovideo, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for performing laser cataract surgery, for using a biometric system to determine a material property of a structure of the eye, laser pulses in a laser shot pattern having different powers. A therapeutic laser, and laser delivery system having the capability to vary the power of the laser beam."

The patent was filed on July 13, 2020, ...