ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,250, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Method and system for cataract removal" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phacoemulsification system, method and computer program product, the system comprising: a phacoemulsification probe having at its distal end a needle to be inserted into an eye, the probe comprising an ultrasonic transducer; an optical fiber transferring light from a source and having a distal end positioned in proximity to the tip of the needle for emitting light of predetermined frequency or pattern; a light sensor for det...