ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,309, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Intraocular lens having hinged haptic structures" was invented by William Jacob Spenner Dolla (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a haptic structure coupled with the optic. The haptic structure includes an inner ring comprising a plurality of hinges such that portions of the inner ring reside at different radii from the optic axis. The haptic structure further includes a first loop extending from the inner ring and having two points of connection to the inner ring and a second loop e...