US Patent Issued to The University of Hong Kong on June 23 for "Method and system for determining risk of primary angle closure and related glaucoma from 360deg imaging of anterior chamber angles" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,004, issued on June 23, was assigned to The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"Method and system for determining risk of primary angle closure and related glaucoma from 360deg imaging of anterior chamber angles" was invented by Kai-Shun Christopher Leung (Hong Kong), Ka-Ngai Alexander Lam (Hong Kong) and Yawen Philip Guo (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention pertains to a novel angle-closure detection method for risk assessment of primary angle closure (PAC) or primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) to inform treatment decisions. According to certain embodiments, a plurality of cross-sectional images of th...