ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,476, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Sanovas Intellectual Property LLC (Reno, Nev.).

"Patient home monitoring and physician alert for ocular anatomy" was invented by Jerry Katzman (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of monitoring an ocular anatomy of a patient is described. The method includes initiating remote monitoring of the ocular anatomy of the patient at a location of the patient. At least one first image of the ocular anatomy of the patient is captured using a first imaging unit at the location of the patient. The at least one first image is transmitted to a location of a physician remote from the location...