ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,054, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Shandong First Medical University Affiliated Eye Institute (SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE/QINGDAO EYE HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY) (Qingdao, China).

"Method for building finite element model of corneal endothelial cells" was invented by Lixin Xie (Qingdao, China), Dongfang Li (Qingdao, China), Zongyi Li (Qingdao, China), Qingjun Zhou (Qingdao, China), Ping Lin (Qingdao, China), Xinhang Wang (Qingdao, China) and Chaoying Wang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for building a finite element model of corneal endothelial cells, includi...