US Patent Issued to CARL ZEISS MEDITEC on Aug. 18 for "Laser speckle reduction in ophthalmic images, using current pulse-shaping" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,258, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to CARL ZEISS MEDITEC INC. (Dublin, Calif.).

"Laser speckle reduction in ophthalmic images, using current pulse-shaping" was invented by Conor Leahy (Dublin, Calif.), An-Dien Nguyen (Dublin, Calif.), Robert Sprowl (Dublin, Calif.), Jochen Straub (Dublin, Calif.) and John Walker (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The eye imaging system for producing images with reduced speckle artifacts may comprise a laser diode for providing a beam of radiation to the eye; a detector for collecting light returning from the eye and generating output signals in response thereto, the detector having a se...