US Patent Issued to Shenyang Kangende Medical Science and Technology on Jan. 13 for "Systems, apparatus, and methods for regulating refractive error development through the modulation of peripheral distortion" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,890, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Shenyang Kangende Medical Science and Technology Co. Ltd (Shenyang, China).

"Systems, apparatus, and methods for regulating refractive error development through the modulation of peripheral distortion" was invented by Jerome A. Legerton (Jupiter Inlet Colony, Fla.), Jidong Liu (Shenyang, China) and Gaozhi Liu (Shenyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, one aspect disclosed features a lens comprising: a central zone having an optical center corresponding to the visual axis of an eye of a patient; and a peripheral zone peripheral to the central zone and comprising: a first zone ha...