ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,285, issued on July 1, was assigned to Centricity Vision Inc. (Coralville, Iowa).
"Ring design for capsulotomy device" was invented by Christopher Guild Keller (El Cerrito, Calif.) and David Wong Manhin Sretavan (Tiburon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is described herein for performing capsulotomies that improves temperature uniformity and current flow around a cutting element of the device. The device includes a series of features whose geometries help remove cold and/or hot spots from the cutting element while maintaining the mechanical strength of the cutting element. In an embodiment, a device includes a cutting e...