ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,327, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Eyemed Technologies Ltd (Kiryat Ono, Israel).
"Intraocular lens holding devices" was invented by Nir Israeli (Ramat Gan, Israel), Vadim Shmukler (Rishon LeZion, Israel) and Philip Mitsel (Lod, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for implanting inside an eye and for holding an intraocular lens (IOL) are presented; the device being operable to rotate the IOL, around an optical axis of the IOL, by absorbing energy from a remote energy source; the device comprises: a stator portion configured to be fixedly positioned inside the lens capsule of the eye; a rotor portion configured to be fix...