US Patent Issued to Alcon on June 2 for "Systems and methods for vitreous disease severity measurement" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,646, issued on June 2, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for vitreous disease severity measurement" was invented by Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects presented herein provide systems and methods utilizing one or more machine learning models in determining a severity of vitreous disease, and in particular, vitreous opacities. Such machine learning models are trained based on historical patient data to determine the severity of vitreous opacities afflicting a current patient. The severity determination may thereafter be utilized to inform treatment de...