US Patent Issued to Z Optics on March 17 for "High definition and extended depth of field intraocular lens" (Tennessee, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,924, issued on March 17, was assigned to Z Optics Inc. (Cookeville, Tenn.).

"High definition and extended depth of field intraocular lens" was invented by Edwin J. Sarver (Cookeville, Tenn.) and James J. Simms (Medford, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods that overcome limitations of lOLs at least by providing a phakic or aphakic IOL that provides correction of defocus and astigmatism, decreases higher-order monochromatic and chromatic aberrations, and provides an extended depth of field to improve vision quality. The IOL includes a virtual aperture integrated into the IOL. The constructio...