ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,919, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Cannula assembly" was invented by James Y. Chon (Irvine, Calif.), Jesus R. Gonzales Jr. (Wernersville, Pa.), Grace Chuang Liao (Irvine, Calif.), Hanspeter Naef (Enola, Pa.), Ashish Sinha (Irvine, Calif.) and Mark Vojtasek (Reading, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments herein disclose a cannula assembly. The cannula assembly comprises a cannula, having a proximal end and a distal end. The cannula comprises a head at the proximal end, the head having one or more wings. The cannula also comprises a hollow rod extending from the head to the dis...