US Patent Issued to Cornell University on Oct. 28 for "Temporary synthetic carrier for corneal tissue insertion and tissue delivery" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,628, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Temporary synthetic carrier for corneal tissue insertion and tissue delivery" was invented by Christopher Sales (New York) and David Putnam (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present solution can temporarily impart the handling characteristics of corneal stroma to the otherwise very thin, flimsy, coiling, and fragile Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) tissue during its insertion into the anterior chamber and positioning in apposition against the cornea of the recipient eye. The device of the present solution can be configured in a num...