ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,467, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hoya Medical Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Intraocular lens injector" was invented by Kazunori Kudo (Saku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an intraocular lens injector for improving accuracy of tacking, which is an intraocular lens injector 1 for injecting an intraocular lens 4 into an eye, the intraocular lens including an optical portion 41 having an optical function and support portions 42a and 42b extending from the optical portion 41, including: a protrusion 20 for bending a forward support portion 42a while abutting against the forward support portion 42a, the f...