US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, The United States Government as represented by the Department Of Veterans Affairs on Nov. 4 for "Intraocular artificial lens capsule" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,487, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, Calif.) and The United States Government as represented by the Department Of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Intraocular artificial lens capsule" was invented by Frank L. Brodie (Durham, N.C.), David Myung (Saratoga, Calif.) and David Buickians (Glendale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable artificial capsule and a method of implantation are provided. The implantable artificial capsule has a ring with a central opening to accommodate an intraocular lens and at least three haptic arms extending substantially...