US Patent Issued to Alcon on April 14 for "Reducing retinal radiation exposure during laser surgery" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,502, issued on April 14, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Reducing retinal radiation exposure during laser surgery" was invented by Zsolt Bor (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic laser surgical system for treating a floater in a vitreous of an eye includes a floater detection system, a laser device, and a computer. The floater detection system determines the location of the floater in the vitreous of the eye. The laser device directs a laser beam along a laser beam path towards the floater. The computer accesses a three-dimensional scan pattern for the laser b...