US Patent Issued to OPTOMED on July 21 for "Ophthalmic examination apparatus and alignment method" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,440, issued on July 21, was assigned to OPTOMED PLC (Oulu, Finland).

"Ophthalmic examination apparatus and alignment method" was invented by Ilkka Jolma (Oulu, Finland), Ilkka Alasaarela (Kuusamo, Finland), Matti Pohjoisaho (Oulu, Finland), Juha Lipponen (Oulu, Finland) and Seppo Ronkko (Oulu, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic examination apparatus, characterized in that the ophthalmic examination apparatus comprises at least one visual radiation source and a light manipulation arrangement, which is configured to receive light from the visible radiation source, and form light patterns from the light and direct at l...