US Patent Issued to Alcon on June 30 for "Illumination system and method for ophthalmic surgical microscopes" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,689, issued on June 30, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Illumination system and method for ophthalmic surgical microscopes" was invented by Zsolt Bor (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides an ophthalmic surgical microscope including an optical axis. The ophthalmic surgical microscope also includes at least one light source configured to provide illumination having a wavelength range between 575 nm and 625 nm. The ophthalmic surgical microscope further includes a control device for directing the illumination at an acute angle relative to the optical axis of the microscope."

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