IRIDEX Granted U.S. Patent For Stepped Angled Laser Handpieces Used In Eye Surgery
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 2, 2011 -- IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX) today
announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had issued to IRIDEX a patent
applying to a group of specially designed laser handpieces used in invasive ophthalmic
surgical procedures. The patent, No. 7,909,816 and titled "Directional Probe Treatment
Apparatus," applies to a number of consumable medical devices already in the IRIDEX
product line collectively known as Stepped Angled EndoProbe® laser handpieces.