ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,645, issued on June 2, was assigned to GLAIVE MEDICAL OPTICS INC (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Surgically implanted therapeutic/diagnostic ocular optical array" was invented by Wayne H. Woods Jr. (Carlisle, Mass.) and Christopher Shelby (Shreveport, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgically implanted ocular optical array that can be used in both therapeutic and diagnostic applications is described. A device configured to be implanted in an eye includes: an imaging system that receives visible light incoming to the eye; optical source generating circuitry that generates an optical signal based on the light received by the imaging system;...