ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,306, issued on March 18, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Hydraulic delivery of surgical implants" was invented by Todd Taber (Keller, Texas), Kathryn Jensen (Sugar Land, Texas), Jestwin Edwin Lee IV (Grandview, Texas), Pradeep Magadum (Arlington, 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, an implant disposed in the implant bay, and an actuator coupled to the implant bay. The actuator may comprise a housing, a plunger disposed within the housing, a bore through the ...