ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,845, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Ophthalmic viewing devices" was invented by Douglas Allen (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic viewing device is provided. The ophthalmic viewing device includes a mounting feature, an upper arm, a lower arm, a first movable mirror, a second mirror, and a lens assembly having a lens frame. When the ophthalmic viewing device is in a first configuration, the movable mirror and the lens frame are outside an on-axis optical path between a visualization device and an eye being visualized. When the ophthalmic viewing device is in a...