US Patent Issued to Verily Health on July 21 for "Ultrasound intraocular pressure sensor in sclera or in cornea" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,442, issued on July 21, was assigned to Verily Health Inc. (Dallas).

"Ultrasound intraocular pressure sensor in sclera or in cornea" was invented by Supriyo Sinha (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Dimitri T. Azar (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement system. An ultrasound pressure sensor is implantable in an eye, wherein the sensor has a sealed cavity that changes shape as a function of IOP of the eye. An ultrasound transmitter emits an incident ultrasound beam. A receiver produces an output signal in response to receiving a reflected ultrasound beam. A spectrometer is configured to estimate the IOP...