ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,243, issued on March 31, was assigned to i-Lumen Scientific Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Ocular devices and controller interfaces for ocular therapy" was invented by James R. Chiapetta (Delano, Minn.), Paul Rockley (Corona Del Mar, Calif.) and Ronald Schuchard (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Illustrative methods and devices for providing stimulus to the eye to treat vision disorders. Systems and methods for testing thresholds and configuring the stimulation for a patient are provided. Various examples may include therapies for vision disorders that can progress to blindness, such as macular degeneration or other disease...