ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,632, issued on June 17, was assigned to Gebauer-Klopotek Patent Verw Altungs-UG (Neuhausen, Germany).
"Lenticules for intrastromal corneal implantation" was invented by Peter J. Klopotek (Neuhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Decellularized and shaped corneal tissue lenticules from allograft and/or xenograft sources and methods of obtaining such lenticules are disclosed. The lenticules are particularly useful as intrastromal lenticular implants in keratoplasty procedures, in which a hinged flap is formed in a patient's cornea and folded back along its hinge to expose the stromal bed of the cornea. The shaped lenticule is ...