US Patent Issued to Haag-Streit on April 22 for "Ophthalmologic microscope with at least one controlled manual degree of freedom" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,818, issued on April 22, was assigned to Haag-Streit AG (Koniz, Switzerland).

"Ophthalmologic microscope with at least one controlled manual degree of freedom" was invented by Frank Zumkehr (Koniz, Switzerland), Jorg Breitenstein (Koniz, Switzerland), Andre Huber-Meznaric (Koniz, Switzerland), Thomas Killer (Koniz, Switzerland) and Julian V. Kool Van Langenberghe (Koniz, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ophthalmologic microscope comprises a first component including a base and a stage, a second component including a pivotal arm and a microscope device, and a third component including a pivotal arm and a light source. The...