ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,042, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG (Port, Switzerland).
"Ophthalmological treatment apparatus" was invented by Christian Rathjen (Bremen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an ophthalmological treatment apparatus for modifying a shape of a corneal surface of a human eye. The apparatus includes a surgical laser device for implementing tissue cuts. The apparatus further includes a computerized control device in operative coupling with the surgical laser device, the control device being designed to control the laser device to implement tissue cuts according to a cut geometry with a primar...