US Patent Issued to LiteAndArt on Aug. 25 for "Method for accurate measurement of macular pigment optical density using autofluorescence imaging with melanin consideration" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,305, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LiteAndArt Corp (Cottonwood Heights, Utah).

"Method for accurate measurement of macular pigment optical density using autofluorescence imaging with melanin consideration" was invented by Mohsen Sharifzadeh (Cottonwood Heights, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention introduces an improved method for measuring macular pigment optical density (MPOD) using autofluorescence imaging (AFI). Traditional AFI methods often neglect melanin absorption, leading to inaccuracies. The proposed method employs three wavelengths: 488 nm for the main image, 514 nm as a traditional baseline, and 600 nm ...