ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,382, issued on May 20, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Intraocular lens load assembly system" was invented by Usiel Malave-Robles (Anasco, Puerto Rico) and John Scott (Limerick, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing automatic placement of a lens in a cartridge is provided. The method includes seizing, by a nozzle head of a lifting tool, the lens from a pick position of a platform based on an air flow through the nozzle head and depositing, by the lifting tool, the lens at a delivery point in the cartridge by changing the air flow through the nozzle head. The method inc...