US Patent Issued to Avedro on Aug. 4 for "Systems and methods for applying and monitoring eye therapy" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,505, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Avedro Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for applying and monitoring eye therapy" was invented by David Muller (Boston), John Marshall (Farmborough, Great Britain), Marc D. Friedman (Needham, Mass.), Stephen Blinn (Amherst, N.H.), Ronald Scharf (Waltham, Mass.), Pavel Kamaev (Lexington, Mass.) and Radha Pertaub (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and approaches for activating cross-linking within corneal tissue to stabilize and strengthen the corneal tissue following an eye therapy treatment. A feedback system is provided to acquire measurements and pass feedback...