US Patent Issued to Alcon on March 3 for "Systems and methods for light modulation during ophthalmic surgery" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,317, issued on March 3, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for light modulation during ophthalmic surgery" was invented by Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, Texas) and Mikhail Ovchinnikov (Dana Point, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to illumination devices, systems, and methods for ophthalmic surgical procedures. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an illumination system which monitors and determines the amount of light delivered to a tissue within the ocular space, based upon data received from an imaging system. In certain aspects, if the ...