US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision on Nov. 18 for "Phacoemulsification probe comprising magnetic sensors and/or multiple independent piezoelectric vibrators" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,094, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Phacoemulsification probe comprising magnetic sensors and/or multiple independent piezoelectric vibrators" was invented by Vadim Gliner (Haifa, Israel), Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel), Christopher Thomas Beeckler (Brea, Calif.) and Joseph Thomas Keyes (Sierra Madre, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phacoemulsification device includes a phacoemulsification probe and a processor. The phacoemulsification probe includes a piezoelectric crystal configured to vibrate in response to a drive signal, a needle configured to be inserted into a...