US Patent Issued to AMO Groningen on Feb. 17 for "Piggyback intraocular lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function" (Dutch, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,332, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AMO Groningen B.V. (Groningen, Netherlands).

"Piggyback intraocular lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function" was invented by Robert Rosen (Groningen, Netherlands), Hendrik A. Weeber (Groningen, Netherlands), Carmen Canovas Vidal (Groningen, Netherlands), Marrie Van Der Mooren (Engelbert, Netherlands), Dora Sellitri (Matera, Italy) and Patricia Ann Piers (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of ...