U.S. patent 5919186, "Laser apparatus for surgery of cataractous lenses", issued July 6, 1999.

 Dr. Patricia Era Bath 

 (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019)

 

Inventions

 

 In 1986,  Dr. Bath did research in the laboratory of Danièle Aron-Rosa, a pioneer researcher in lasers and ophthalmology at Rothschilde Eye Institute of Paris,^[34] and then at the Laser Medical Center in Berlin. 

 

 In Berlin is where she was able to begin early studies in laser cataract surgery, including her first experiment with excimer laser photoablation using human eye bank eyes.^[34]