ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,884, issued on May 13.
"Corneal irrigation system and method of use" was invented by Alexander Ilich Movshovich (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corneal irrigation system, for removing a color pigment(s) from an intracorneal channel, includes a syringe, an irrigation device, and a flexible tube coupling the syringe to the irrigation device. The irrigation device includes a handle, having a distal end and a proximal end, that is coupled to the cannula. The handle also includes a lumen. The cannula includes (i) a shaft section having a first end that is coupled to the handle's proximal end, (ii) a curved section having a blun...