ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,083, issued on July 29, was assigned to Augmented Vision Labs LLC (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Contact lens insertion system" was invented by Fayiz Osman Mahgoub (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact lens application aid including a lens holder dock having an elongated supporting member having a base end and a coupling end. The coupling end is structured and dimensioned to receive a lens holder. The lens holder dock includes a transparent material or a translucent material and is configured to illuminate the coupling end. A supporting base is configured to rest on a flat surface and receive, at a central portion of...