US Patent Issued to Alcon on Sept. 9 for "Single operator device for delivering an ocular implant" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,067, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Single operator device for delivering an ocular implant" was invented by John Wardle (San Clemente, Calif.) and Andrew T. Schieber (St. Louis Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ocular implant delivery system is provided with a number of features. In some embodiments, the delivery system comprises a rotation mechanism configured to rotate and orient a cannula of the system, and an advancement mechanism configured to advance and retract an ocular implant through the delivery system and into an eye of a patient. In some embodiments, the cannula is s...