US Patent Issued to Welch Allyn on Oct. 7 for "Vision screening systems and methods" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,483, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Welch Allyn Inc. (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.).

"Vision screening systems and methods" was invented by Yaolong Lou (Singapore), Yuan Ing Chow (Singapore) and Shadakshari Devarajaiah Chikkanaravangala (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes system housing, an eccentric radiation source, and a radiation sensor. The radiation produced by the eccentric radiation source can be collected by the radiation sensor to generate images of retinas for a patient. The system also includes a vision screening device connected with the eccentric radiation source and the radiation sensor via the sys...