US Patent Issued to SIGHT SCIENCES on May 27 for "Devices and methods for intraocular tissue manipulation" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,891, issued on May 27, was assigned to SIGHT SCIENCES INC. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for intraocular tissue manipulation" was invented by David Y. Badawi (Glenview, Ill.), Paul Badawi (Atherton, Calif.) and Daniel O'Keeffe (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and devices for grasping and/or tearing trabecular meshwork of an eye of a subject. The devices may include a shaft and a tissue grabber coupled to the shaft. The tissue grabber may include an elongate lower foot configured to be inserted into Schlemm's canal, and a groove configured to grasp a portion of the trabecular meshw...