ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,309, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany).
"Slit projector arrangement" was invented by Beate Bohme (GroBpurschutz, Germany), Gerard Antkowiak (Jena, Germany), Dietmar Steinmetz (Bucha, Germany), Jens Kuhnemund (Kleinbockedra, Germany) and Karsten Festag (Jena, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slit projector for generating slit illumination in an eye, including a light source, a slit forming unit and an imaging optical unit along a beam path. The invention facilitates improved freedom to operate in the treatment field. The slit projector includes a mirror arranged between the slit forming u...