ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,186, issued on May 26, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"System and method for detection of cornea collapse" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for use in eye surgery. The system includes at least one light source, a detection unit, and a detection circuit. The at least one light source is configured and operable to emit one or more illumination beams directed at a region of a corneal surface of a patient's eye. The detection unit includes an arrangement of light detectors positioned for collecting a reflected beam reflected from the re...