ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,741, issued on Oct. 7.
"Haptic management for delivery of intraocular implants" was invented by Jestwin Edwin Lee IV (Grandview, Texas), Kathryn Jensen (Sugar Land, Texas), Anubhav Chauhan (Benbrook, Texas), Todd Taber (Keller, Texas), Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, Texas) and Saumya Dilip Yadav (Arlington, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for eye surgery may comprise a nozzle having a delivery lumen, an implant bay coupled to the nozzle, and an implant disposed in the implant bay. The implant may comprise an optic body, a leading haptic, and a trailing haptic. In some examples, the implant may be an intraocular lens. The ap...