US Patent Issued to ALCON on May 26 for "Bi-radial patient interface" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,192, issued on May 26, was assigned to ALCON INC. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Bi-radial patient interface" was invented by Ilya Goldshleger (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Jeremy Dong (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Tibor Juhasz (Corona Del Mar, Calif.), Wesley William Lummis (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Ferenc Raksi (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To improve the precision of ophthalmic surgical procedures by reducing corneal wrinkling, a patient interface for an ophthalmic system can include an attachment portion, configured to attach the patient interface to a distal end of the ophthalmic system; a contact portion, config...