ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,690, issued on June 24, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Imaging tool to support eye surgery" was invented by Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging tool with a tubular implement of minimal diameter for locating in a patient's eye and to extend an image capturing platform therefrom. The platform is uniquely sized for storage within the lumen or inner diameter of the implement, such as a thin film image sensor. However, a microchip package having a bulk footprint too large for the inner diameter of the implement may be displaced to another location of the tool such as within th...