ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,779, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Centricity Vision Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Ophthalmic surgical device for capsulotomy" was invented by Christopher Guild Keller (El Cerrito, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device and procedure are provided for performing microsurgery, including a capsulotomy of a lens capsule of an eye. The device has an elastically deformable cutting element mounted within an elastomeric suction cup. The suction cup is attached to an arm for manipulating the device. The device can be inserted into the anterior chamber of the eye, through a corneal incision, to cut a piece from the anterior p...