ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,418, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to OCUMETRICA S.R.L (Padua, Italy).
"Device and method for detecting the ocular fundus reflex" was invented by Marco Ciardo (Padua, Italy), Nicola Riste' (Jesi, Italy) and Stefano Piermarocchi (Padua, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for detecting the ocular fundus reflex, which comprises an optical detector (2), which detects images of a person's face, and an optical emitter (3), which is operable to project a beam of electromagnetic rays onto the person's eyes. The device also comprises an electronic processing system (5) connected to the optical detector (2) and the optical emitter (3)...