Laser vision correction
Transfer the measured offset to ablation planning and treatment tracking.
LASER VISION · THE LAST MICRONS
Find the point
the eye already knows.
UMBO Vision is an early-stage alignment platform designed to locate, stabilize, and transfer a patient’s highest-fidelity fixation point—with precision measured in microns.
CLINICAL FOUNDATION120,000+laser vision procedures cited in the UMBO Vision materialsINVENTIVE FOCUS< 50 μmproposed UMBO alignment zone
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THE TARGET
The foveal umbo.
The retina does not distribute resolution evenly. Its highest-density cone architecture is concentrated at the foveal center—and the UMBO thesis asks whether treatment should be centered on that living target.
Current refractive systems commonly reference the pupil center, corneal vertex, or coaxially sighted corneal light reflex. UMBO Vision proposes a patient-specific fixation measurement, translated to the corneal treatment plane and carried into therapy.
FROM ESTIMATE TO LOCK
Triangulate.
Stabilize.
Transfer.
1ENTRAIN
Cycling color and luminance cues engage fixation and reduce scatter.
2TRIANGULATE
Two parallax video paths locate the Purkinje reflection and pupil in three dimensions.
3LOCK
A stability threshold confirms fixation before coordinates are stored or treatment is enabled.
This is a development-stage platform description. The micron ranges in UMBO Vision materials are hypotheses and engineering targets, not established clinical-performance claims.
WHY IT BELONGS BESIDE THE BOOK
Attention becomes measurable.
In the operating room, precision came not from greater effort, but from less friction.
UMBO Vision is the surgical counterpart to the book’s central claim. Fixation is not merely instructed; it is stabilized. Scatter narrows. A living system becomes more accurate when noise falls away and sensation, attention, and action occupy the same interval.
ONE ALIGNMENT MAP · MULTIPLE OPTICAL SYSTEMS
Beyond the laser.
Contact lenses
Use patient-specific alignment data to center or orient a corrective lens design.
Spectacles
Translate the visual reference to lens and frame positioning rather than relying only on conventional geometric centers.
Head-mounted optics
Carry the alignment reference into glasses, headgear, and other wearable visual systems.
12,653,717
ISSUED U.S. PATENT · 16 JUNE 2026
Systems and methods for stabilization and alignment of vision correction.
The issued patent covers a fixation stimulus and alignment system using parallax imaging, stereoscopic views, triangulation, alignment targets, and fixation-stability assessment.
The record expressly describes applications including laser vision correction and contact lenses. Its broader platform logic supports the related spectacle and head-mounted alignment concepts now being developed within UMBO Vision.
- Inventor
- Gerald Horn
- Assignee
- VAZO Therapeutics, LLC
- Application
- 19/432,421
- Filed
- 24 Dec 2025
SCIENTIFIC FRAME
Curcio & Sloan · human photoreceptor topography ↗Rossi & Roorda · cone spacing and resolution ↗Roorda & Williams · living cone arrangement ↗VAZO Therapeutics patent record ↗
UMBO Vision remains early stage. Clinical performance, comparative accuracy, and product indications require prospective validation.
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