US Patent Issued to AMO Development on Nov. 3 for "Iris registration method in cataract surgery for astigmatic management" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,417, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AMO Development LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Iris registration method in cataract surgery for astigmatic management" was invented by Javier Gonzalez (Palo Alto, Calif.), Michael Campos (Fremont, Calif.), Jayesh Shah (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Harvey Liu (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method implemented in an ophthalmic laser system to perform iris registration based on two iris images taken with the patient at upright and supine positions, respectively. For each iris image, the iris region is transformed into a rectangular rubbersheet, with the radial and angular coordinates of the iris...