US Patent Issued to CORNEAGEN on Oct. 28 for "Systems and methods for separating tissue in corneal transplant procedures" (Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,574, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CORNEAGEN INC. (Seattle).

"Systems and methods for separating tissue in corneal transplant procedures" was invented by Jerry W. Barker (Gretna, Va.), Douglas C. Drabble (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Yousuf Khalifa (Smyrna, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for separating tissue in an eye includes a body configured to be positioned on the eye surface. The body receives air from one or more air supplies. The body includes one or more air supply channels. The separation device includes a plurality of needles extending from the body. Each needle includes a proximal opening, a distal opening, ...