ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,039, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to AMO DEVELOPMENT LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Patient interface device for ophthalmic surgical laser system employing a cap for lens cone handling" was invented by Jose Garcia (Fremont, Calif.), Christina Lagarto (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Trevor Hannon (Hayward, Calif.), Vyechi Low (San Jose, Calif.), Reena Pathania (Fremont, Calif.) and Aaron Quinn (San Leandro, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an ophthalmic surgical laser system, a patient interface device for coupling a patient's eye to the laser system includes a lens cone with a frustoconical shaped shell for coupling to the laser system and a...