ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,592, issued on April 8.
"Cornea implant" was invented by Albert Daxer (Wilhering, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a ring-shaped implant having shape memory for implantation in the cornea of the eye, wherein the implant spans an implant plane in a starting state, and wherein the implant is transferable by application of a compression force (F) in the implant plane (8) from a starting state into an intermediate state, in which the lateral dimensions of the implant, measured in the force direction, are smaller than in the starting state, wherein it is provided according to the invention that the a...