ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,162, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Stroma Medical Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Laser systems and methods for alteration of eye color" was invented by Gregg Homer (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for altering an eye color of a patient with a color alteration procedure is disclosed that may include determining a laser power to deliver to stromal pigment in an iris of the eye of the patient by at least retrieving a set of laser criteria for delivery of an exposure less than 100 times a maximum permissible exposure that causes elimination of at least a portion of the stromal pigment. A laser system may be set to d...