US Patent Issued to Lensar on March 3 for "Patient interface device for laser methods and systems" (Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,514, issued on March 3, was assigned to Lensar LLC (Orlando, Fla.).

"Patient interface device for laser methods and systems" was invented by E. Valas Teuma (Orlando, Fla.), John McWhirter (Winter Park, Fla.) and Michael Brownell (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical interface device having an opening for an optical path that can be non-circular and having engagement members having gradually varying angles of engagement. An embodiment of the interface device can be a one size fits all device, providing a configuration that fits in all typical eye openings, including narrow palpebral fissures and small eyes, w...