ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,099, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PRN PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDED NUTRICEUTICALS LLC (Blue Bell, Pa.).
"Handheld device for measuring macular pigment" was invented by Joshua J. Park (Riverside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument includes a housing with a lower hand-held portion having a user-input button and a display for displaying an MPOD score for the user. The instrument further includes a viewing tube coupled to the hand-held portion. The viewing tube terminates in an eye cup. The viewing tube is transverse to the lower hand-held portion and transmits light from a first light source towards a reflector and is re...