US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision on March 25 for "Convertible phacoemulsification I/A sleeve and mechanical activation mechanism" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,185, issued on March 25, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Convertible phacoemulsification I/A sleeve and mechanical activation mechanism" was invented by Harkirat S. Jandu (Tustin, Calif.) and Mark W. Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for provided a phacoemulsification surgery handpiece including a convertible sleeve for phacoemulsification surgery and irrigation/aspiration procedures. In a retracted state, the sleeve is in a desired relationship with the exposed portion of a phaco tip of the handpiece to support normal phacoemulsification surgery. In...