ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,061, issued on March 25, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE (Nancy, France).

"Device for exploring the visual system" was invented by Raymund Schwann (Villiers-les-Nancy, France), Valerie Louis-Dorr (Lay Saint Christophe, France) and Thomas Schwitzer (Nancy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for exploring the visual system, comprising portable viewing equipment having at least one viewing screen configured to be placed facing at least one eye of a person. The viewing equipment comprises sealing lips surrounding the viewing screens and having a free edge intended to be applied against the skin of the person, this fre...