US Patent Issued to OnPoint Vision on Oct. 21 for "Intraocular pseudophakic contact lens with mechanism for securing by anterior leaflet of capsular wall and related system and method" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,007, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to OnPoint Vision Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Intraocular pseudophakic contact lens with mechanism for securing by anterior leaflet of capsular wall and related system and method" was invented by Kevin J. Cady (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an intraocular pseudophakic contact lens having an optical lens and haptics extending radially from the optical lens. The haptics are configured to be inserted under an anterior leaflet of a capsular wall in an eye in order to capture and confine the haptics under the anterior leaflet. Anterior surfaces of the haptic...