ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,888, issued on May 27, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"On-the-fly tuning for piezoelectric ultrasonic handpieces" was invented by Amit Fuchs (Hogla, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for tuning a phacoemulsification probe during a procedure for treating an eye. The method includes vibrating a piezoelectric actuator of the phacoemulsification probe, by applying to the piezoelectric actuator a tuning signal that (i) covers an operational bandwidth of the phacoemulsification probe and (ii) has an initial power level that is lower than a normal power level set for treating the eye. T...