ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,314, issued on May 6, was assigned to University of Miami (Miami).

"Numerical system control of ophthalmic visualization and image system" was invented by Jean-Marie Parel (Miami), Alex Gonzalez (Miami), Eric Buckland (Miami), Cornelis Jan Rowaan (Miami) and Florence Cabot (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for ophthalmic imaging comprising an ophthalmic device configured to obtain stereoscopic images of an eye of a patient and to transmit the images in real-time to a display device via a network for viewing by practitioners. The ophthalmic device comprises at least an optic assembly, a processing assembly, a slit assembl...