ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,372, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Centricity Vision Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Capsulotomy device" 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 smoothly and easily accessing tissue to perform microsurgery, including a capsulotomy of a lens capsule of an eye. The device includes a handpiece with a tip for insertion into an incision in the cornea of the eye. A sliding element is disposed within the handpiece and a suction cup is mounted to the sliding element. The sliding element can be translated to move the suction cup into and out of...