US Patent Issued to Alcon on Feb. 17 for "Systems and methods for intraocular lens selection using emmetropia zone prediction" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,280, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for intraocular lens selection using emmetropia zone prediction" was invented by Ramesh Sarangapani (Coppell, Texas) and Mark VonTress (Arlington, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for intraocular lens (IOL) selection using emmetropia zone prediction include determining pre-operative measurements of an eye, estimating a post-operative anterior chamber depth (ACD) of an intraocular lens based on the pre-operative measurements, estimating a post-operative manifest refraction in spherical equivalent (MRSE) of the eye w...