ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,218, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to RAMBAM MEDTECH LTD. (Haifa, Israel).
"Clip for eye muscle surgery" was invented by Yonina Ron (Habonim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extraocular muscle clip (22) for correcting strabismus includes upper and lower plates (24, 26) which are couplable together to sandwich and grasp extraocular muscle (42). A delivery tool (50) delivers the clip (22) and includes a shaft (52) and a muscle hook (56) that is slidable underneath the extraocular muscle (42) to position the lower plate (26) of the clip (22) underneath the muscle (42). An integrated blade (60) of the tool (50) cuts the extrao...