US Patent Issued to Lensar on March 31 for "Methods and systems for combined sonic and laser applications for the eye" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,031, issued on March 31, was assigned to Lensar Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Methods and systems for combined sonic and laser applications for the eye" was invented by Arthur Newton (Orlando, Fla.), George Curatu (Orlando, Fla.), Gary P. Gray (Orlando, Fla.), John McWhirter (Orlando, Fla.), Scott Anderson (Winter Garden, Fla.), E. Valaski Teuma (Orlando, Fla.), Alan Connaughton (Orlando, Fla.), Dustin Morely (Rockledge, Fla.) and Dale McPherson (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for performing laser and phacoemulsification operations. Systems that provide full position and usage around a patient. An integrat...