ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,084, issued on June 23, was assigned to ArcScan Inc. (Golden, Colo.).
"Ultrasound eye scanning device" was invented by Johan E. Giphart (Aurora, Colo.), Andrew K. Levien (Morrison, Colo.), Tom Wilmering (Eldorado Springs, Colo.), Barry Schafer (Folsum, Calif.) and John D. Watson (Evergreen, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for an improved ultrasound eye scanning device wherein the size of the scan head is reduced significantly and the entire instrument can be placed on a desktop. The improved ultrasound eye scanning device also utilizes imaging goggles to enable better coupling b...