ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,730, issued on March 17, was assigned to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Ophthalmic system and method for clinical device using transcleral illumination with multiple points source" was invented by Timothe Laforest (Crozet, France), Christophe Moser (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Mathieu Kunzi (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic illumination and imaging system with transscleral/transpalpebral illumination of the eye fundus comprises a light-delivering device with a plurality of emitting areas; each of the emitting areas being configured to be independently controllable and dire...