U.S. grants patent to Clarity Medical Systems for intraoperative wavefront aberrometer

Clarity Medical Systems Inc. has received a patent for an intraoperative capture and display system that continuously streams real-time refractive wavefront measurements during vision correction procedures, the company announced in a news release. Additionally, the technology overlays data on a live image of the patient’s eye.

The newly patented system is intended to expand Clarity’s Holos product line, and its first use is intended to be used in refractive cataract surgery as the Holos IntraOp, a module that can be attached to a standard surgical microscope, according to the release.

Future intended uses include helping surgeons treat astigmatism by implanting toric IOLs and performing femtosecond laser arcuate incisions, the release said.

“We believe this unique capability will provide the opportunity to deploy Holos to help ophthalmologists more rapidly and efficiently measure the patient’s refractive state during vision correction procedures, including assisting surgeons as a refractive guidance tool intraoperatively,” Keith Mullowney, Clarity CEO and president, said in the release.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted U.S. Patent 8454162 for optimizing vision correction procedures.