ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,002, issued on Sept. 2.
"Hybrid power delivery for surgical implants" was invented by Austin Xavier Rodeheaver (Arlington, Texas), Todd Taber (Keller, Texas), Roderick Van Den Bergh (Cambridge, Great Britain), Marshall Keith Proulx (Keller, Texas), Grant Corthorn (Cambridge, Great Britain), Christopher Hemmingway (Cambridge, Great Britain), Martin Orrell (Cambridge, Great Britain), Catherine Wyman (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Trevor Penhallurick (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid power system for delivering an implant to an eye using hydraulic fluid flow or pressure. An implant may be stored, advanced...