ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,656, issued on May 13, was assigned to OCUFLOW INC. (Glen Arm, Md.).

"Composite ocular blood flow analyzer" was invented by Robert Ogden Crane Dubois (Glen Arm, Md.), Theresa Retue Kramer (Glen Arm, Md.), Rhonda Richardson Grebe (Abingdon, Md.) and Paul Joseph Howell (Cumberland, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite ocular blood flow analyzer uses pneumatic tonometric techniques and structures to produce accurate, stable, and repeatable readings of intraocular pressure. A computer processes the intraocular pressure readings to produce data relating to various aspects of ocular blood flow that can be used diagnostically to...