ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,383, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AMO Development LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Laser eye surgery lens fragmentation" was invented by Rajeshwari Srinivasan (San Carlos, Calif.), Javier G. Gonzalez (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Erik C. Kramme (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser eye surgery system includes a laser to generate a laser beam. A spatial measurement system generates a measurement beam and measure a spatial disposition of an eye. A processor is coupled to the laser and the spatial measurement system, the processor comprising a tangible medium embodying instructions to determine a spatial model of the eye in an ey...