US Patent Issued to Alcon on March 3 for "Performing laser vitreolysis on an eye with an intraocular lens" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,518, issued on March 3, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Performing laser vitreolysis on an eye with an intraocular lens" 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 and a computer, where the laser device includes a laser and a phase modulator. The laser device directs a laser beam towards a target in an eye, where an intraocular lens (IOL) is disposed within the eye. The IOL has a phase profile that yields an IOL phase shift of light entering the eye. The laser generates the laser beam. The phase modulato...