ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,316, issued on May 6, was assigned to SCOUTCAM LTD. (Omer, Israel).
"Medical ophthalmic device" was invented by Richard Foulkes (Lombard, Ill.), Amir Govrin (Ramat Gan, Israel) and Yekaterina Dlugach (Mabuim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool comprising a handpiece having a flattened cannulated tip that is adapted to receive flow from a pumping unit, in order to generate a jet of fluid suitable for procedures such "hydro-dissecting" cells in the eye. According to an embodiment of the invention, the tool comprises a visualization probe with at least one camera, wherein the sensor of the at least one camera is distally locat...