ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,531, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Pixieray Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Actively adaptive optical apparatuses for amblyopia treatment" was invented by Klaus Melakari (Espoo, Finland) and Rebecca Qing Melakari (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical apparatus includes eye-tracking means; a dominant-eye optical element for dominant eye, a non-dominant-eye optical element for non-dominant eye of a user and processor. Each optical element includes a first substrate and a second substrate, and active material encased between the substrates, controlling means for controlling active material to generate optical power(s). The ...