US Patent Issued to Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre on March 11 for "Non-invasive intraocular pressure monitor" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,817, issued on March 11, was assigned to Queen's University at Kingston (Kingston, Canada) and Kingston Health Sciences Centre (Kingston, Canada).

"Non-invasive intraocular pressure monitor" was invented by Yong Jun Lai (Kingston, Canada), Kong Ying Xie (Kingston, Canada) and Robert James Campbell (Kingston, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides devices and methods for non-invasive monitoring and measuring of intraocular pressure (IOP) of a subject. Embodiments include a lens that is adapted to fit on the subject's eye, a microstructure disposed in or on the lens, the microstructure having at least one feature...