US Patent Issued to Alcon on Oct. 7 for "Ophthalmic surgical tool" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,788, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Ophthalmic surgical tool" was invented by Steven T. Charles (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to microsurgical cutting devices for ophthalmic procedures. In certain embodiments, a cutting tool assembly includes a first blade in a fixed position and a second blade configured to move relative to the first blade to perform a cutting motion. The first blade includes a first longitudinal body portion and a first end portion extending laterally from the first body portion. A distal surface of the fi...