ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,973, issued on March 11, was assigned to SCHWIND EYE-TECH-SOLUTIONS GMBH (Kleinostheim, Germany).

"Method for controlling an opthalmological laser and treatment apparatus" was invented by Pascal Naubereit (Aschaffenburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for controlling an ophthalmological laser of a treatment apparatus for the treatment of a human or animal eye. The method includes controlling the laser by a control device of the treatment apparatus such that the laser emits pulsed laser pulses in a shot sequence in a preset pattern into the eye. The individual laser pulses interact with a tissue of the e...