ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,326, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Bernoulli gripper for intraocular and contact lenses" was invented by Dominik Huehn (Grosswallstadt, Germany) and Jochen Koehler (Aschaffenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Bernoulli gripper for ophthalmic lenses includes a gripper body with a first cavity corresponding in shape to an optic zone of an ophthalmic lens and a first channel formed within the gripper body. The first channel penetrates the first cavity at one end and includes a first port in the gripper body at another end of the first channel. The first channel is enabled to supply a...