ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,044, issued on July 14, was assigned to PlenOptika Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Apparatus and method for determining an eye property" was invented by Shivang R. Dave (Boston), Daryl Lim (Singapore) and Nicholas James Durr (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, and corresponding method, for determining a property of an eye includes a housing with a proximal port that receives an eye and also light from the eye. The housing further includes a distal port, and the two ports together form a visual channel providing an open view to enable the eye to see target indicia external to and spaced away from the housing. A wavefront...