US Patent Issued to Corneat Vision on July 22 for "Keratoprosthesis devices and kits and surgical methods of their use" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,591, issued on July 22, was assigned to Corneat Vision Ltd (Ra'anana, Israel).

"Keratoprosthesis devices and kits and surgical methods of their use" was invented by Gilad Litvin (Moshav Sde Varburg, Israel) and Almog Aley-Raz (Moshav Sde Varburg, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides surgical procedures for implanting a keratoprosthesis in an eye of a subject in need using a kit comprising keratoprosthesis comprising a central optical core, a peripheral skirt around said central optical core, comprising at least one biocompatible polymer; and a marking tool comprising a polymeric surface in the shape of said ce...