ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,813, issued on March 11, was assigned to ViaLase Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"System and method for locating a surface of ocular tissue for glaucoma surgery based on dual aiming beams" was invented by Tibor Juhasz (San Clemente, Calif.), Ferenc Raksi (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Manu Sharma (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Hadi Srass (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Carlos G. Suarez (Tustin, Calif.), Guy Holland (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Wesley W. Lummis (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Eric R. Mikula (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Virginia Lin (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A target surface in an eye is located using a dual aiming...