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|Articles|January 1, 2004

AMO, Alcon in dispute over phaco patents

Santa Ana, CA-Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) is claiming, in a complaint filed in federal court, that Alcon's Infiniti and Series 20000 Legacy phacoemulsification systems infringe AMO patents for advanced fluidics technologies in the removal of cataracts.

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