US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Sept. 1 for "Meta-optics-based systems and methods for ocular applications" (Massachusetts, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,520, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Meta-optics-based systems and methods for ocular applications" was invented by Juejun Hu (Newton, Mass.), Tian Gu (Fairfax, Va.), Mikhail Shalaginov (Somerville, Mass.) and Fan Yang (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Meta-lens based ocular imaging, near-eye display, and eye-tracking systems are described. The systems can include a single focusing optic and an integrated circuit that provides illumination light and includes an imaging array. The focusing optic includes meta-atoms formed on a substrate. The systems may have ...