ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,386, issued on July 15, was assigned to SCHWIND EYE-TECH-SOLUTIONS GMBH (Kleinostheim, Germany).

"Method for providing control data for an eye surgical laser of a treatment apparatus" was invented by Samuel Arba Mosquera (Aschaffenburg, Germany) and Anita Grimm (Eichenbuhl, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for providing control data for an eye surgical laser of a treatment apparatus for the removal of tissue from a human or animal cornea. The method includes ascertaining a temperature distribution expected in the cornea per laser pulse, and determining, by using a temperature model of the cornea, a laser p...