ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,889, issued on May 27, was assigned to HORUS MEDTECH S.r.l (Verona, Italy).

"Capsulotomy device and method" was invented by Enrico Marchini (Verona, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsulotomy device has a tool holder. The tool holder includes a cutting blade at its distal end and is arranged to move in a distal direction in the device to form an operative state of the device where the cutting blade projects out of a distal end of the capsulotomy device. The at least a portion of the tool holder is adapted in the device's operative state to reciprocate in the distal and proximal directions to urge rotation of the cutting blade...