ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,066, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Multi-diaphragm vitrectomy probe" was invented by Nathaniel Reyes (Santa Ana, Calif.), Jesus R. Gonzales Jr. (Wernersville, Pa.) and Mark W. Vojtasek (Reading, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm driven vitrectomy probe employing multiple diaphragms. The probe includes multiple diaphragms providing added areas to which hydraulic air may be delivered in reciprocating a cutter of the probe. Thus, the diaphragms and the probe housing may be reduced in size without sacrifice to force driving cutter reciprocation. Additionally, the amount of force att...