US Patent Issued to Lensar on May 20 for "System and apparatus for treating the lens of an eye" (Florida, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,431, issued on May 20, was assigned to Lensar Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"System and apparatus for treating the lens of an eye" was invented by Gary P. Gray (Lake Mary, Fla.), Rudolph W. Frey (Maitland, Fla.), Neil Zepkin (Oviedo, Fla.), George R. Downes (Orlando, Fla.), Jorge A. De Castro (Casselberry, Fla.), Jerome R. Kuszak (Oak Park, Ill.) and Richard Ty Olmstead (Oviedo, Fla.).

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, t...