ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,951, issued on June 3, was assigned to Preventa Medical Corp. (Phoenix).
"Illuminated contact lens and system" was invented by Ramin Schadlu (Phoenix) and Zhijie Chen (Stanford, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of an ocular contact lens may include a curved surface on a first side, a flat surface on a second side opposing the first side, and one or more chamfered edges between the first side and the second side where the one or more chamfered edges has a wider circumference near the flat surface. A straight edge may be included between the curved surface and the one or more chamfered edges oriented perpendicular w...