ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,936, issued on June 24, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Ocular implants for delivery into an anterior chamber of the eye" was invented by John Wardle (San Clemente, Calif.) and Andrew T. Schieber (Tustin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ocular implant adapted to be disposed within Schlemm's canal of a human eye with a body extending along a curved longitudinal central axis in a curvature plane, a first strut on one side of the implant and a second strut on an opposite side of the implant, the circumferential extent of the first strut with respect to the plane of curvature being greater than the circumfer...