ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,655, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Centricity Vision Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Surgical ring design with varying wall thickness and consistent cross-sectional area" was invented by Christopher Guild Keller (El Cerrito, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A design is described herein for rings and for cutting rings for a device used in capsulotomy procedures. A set of ring dimensions can describe a desired height of a ring at each location of the ring. The set of ring dimensions is also associated with an intended wall thickness, and thus is associated with an intended cross-sectional area at each ring location. A wall thicknes...