ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,190, issued on May 26, was assigned to ALeyeGN Technologies LLC (Saratoga, Calif.).

"Laser therapy for treatment and prevention of eye diseases" was invented by Giorgio Dorin (Cupertino, Calif.), John Randall Samples (Olympia, Wash.), Michael K. Ballard (Saratoga, Calif.), Satish Herekar (Palo Alto, Calif.), William Eddington (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Perry Binder (Hailey, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ab externo automated laser treatment system for treating an eye in a subject, includes a non-contact laser source configured to generate a laser beam having at least one wavelength to treat the eye by directing the laser beam fr...