LASERSIGHT GETS U.S. PATENT ON PRK SCANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS.ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1996--LaserSight (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LASE) announced today that it has received official notification from the U.S. Patent Office that its patent application has been approved for its scanning delivery method and apparatus for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK PRK photorefractive keratectomy. Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) A procedure that uses an excimer laser to make modifications to the cornea and permanently correct myopia. ). "We are extremely pleased with this critical addition to our patent portfolio," said Robert Qualls, President of LaserSight Technologies, Inc. "This patent represents the only PRK method and delivery system not covered by the Pillar Point Partnership. Moreover, unlike the UV patents in Pillar Point, it covers all wavelengths for PRK." "As a licensee from IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) for UV laser application on the cornea cornea: see eye. , LaserSight believes that this patent on method and apparatus for PRK affirms our conviction that we do not infringe upon any other PRK patents," said Francis E. O'Donnell, Jr., M.D., Chairman of the Board of LaserSight Incorporated. "This method and apparatus patent secures LaserSight's premiere technology position in the U.S. marketplace." The patent covers LaserSight's photo-polishing method and galvanometric gal·va·nom·e·ter n. An instrument used to detect, measure, and determine the direction of small electric currents by means of mechanical effects produced by a current-carrying coil in a magnetic field. scanning delivery system design for ultraviolet (excimer and solid-state) and infrared wavelengths for PRK. CONTACT: Marti Benfield, Investor Relations, 314/469-3220 |
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