ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,303, issued on March 18, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).
"Accommodating intraocular lens" was invented by Amr Salahieh (Saratoga, Calif.), Claudio R. Argento (Felton, Calif.), Tom Saul (Portland, Ore.), Bob Vaughan (Los Gatos, Calif.), Eric Willis (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Ali Salahieh (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) for implantation within a capsular bag of a patient's eye comprises first and second components coupled together to define an inner fluid chamber and an outer fluid reservoir. The inner region of the AIOL provides optical power with one o...