ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,123, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany).
"Intraocular lens and treatment apparatus" was invented by Thorben Badur (Oberkochen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an intraocular lens having an optic body and a haptic element including a thermoresponsive polymer having a transition temperature and particles that are magnetic and/or magnetizable. The disclosure additionally relates to a treatment apparatus including the intraocular lens and a magnet set up to subject the intraocular lens to a magnetic field that alternates with time."
The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2...