US Patent Issued to Alcon on March 24 for "Determining radiant exposure at the retina during an ophthalmic procedure" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,552, issued on March 24, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Determining radiant exposure at the retina during an ophthalmic procedure" 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 system includes a laser device, an ophthalmic microscope, a z-direction sensor, and a controller. The laser device directs a laser beam towards a target within an eye. The ophthalmic microscope receives light from a focal point within the eye to provide an image of an object at the focal point. The z-direction sensor determines the z-position corresponding to th...