ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,702, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AMO Groningen B.V. (Groningen, Netherlands).
"Method and assembly for forming an intraocular lens" was invented by Mitchell Gerardus Maas (Gilze, Netherlands) and Martin Dinant Bijker (Gilze, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a mold insert used to produce an intraocular lens (IOL) mold is disclosed herein. The method includes providing stock material and cutting the stock material, which includes multiple cutting steps. The cutting steps are performed on transitional regions of supporting portions of the mold insert. Peripheral surfaces of the mold insert have varyi...