ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,874, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Tectus Corp. (Saratoga, Calif.).
"Restoring sight after corneal blindness" was invented by Michael West Wiemer (San Jose, Calif.), Morrison Ulman (Los Altos, Calif.) and Drew Daniel Perkins (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic intraocular device is implantable into the capsular bag of a wearer's eye. In some cases, the intraocular device may include a femtoprojector. The femtoprojector projects images onto the wearer's retina when the electronic intraocular device is implanted in the wearer's eye. Different haptic designs may be used to keep the femtoprojector in positio...