US Patent Issued to CARL ZEISS MEDITEC CATARACT TECHNOLOGY on April 29 for "Ophthalmic cutting instruments having integrated aspiration pump" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,361, issued on April 29, was assigned to CARL ZEISS MEDITEC CATARACT TECHNOLOGY INC. (Reno, Nev.).

"Ophthalmic cutting instruments having integrated aspiration pump" was invented by Brett Carter (Reno, Nev.), Scott Chamness (Reno, Nev.), Luke W. Clauson (Reno, Nev.), Nicholas Grant Lewis (Reno, Nev.), Matthew Newell (Reno, Nev.), Michael Raye (Reno, Nev.), Thomas M. Rector (Reno, Nev.) and Michael P. Schaller (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for extracting lens material from an eye including a distal, disposable portion releaseably coupleable to a proximal, reusable portion. The disposable portion includes a cutting...