US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision on June 17 for "Surgical instruments for ocular surgery" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,681, issued on June 17, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Surgical instruments for ocular surgery" was invented by Lauren M. Hickey (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handpiece for ocular surgery that includes a handle having at least inlets for irrigation and aspiration; a sleeve extending distally from a first end of the handle, wherein the sleeve comprises a bore extending a length of the sleeve along a central axis of the sleeve, and includes at least one port suitable to deliver irrigation from the irrigation inlet substantially distal from the first end of the handle; the aspir...