US Patent Issued to THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on Dec. 30 for "Multilayer cornea harvesting apparatus and cornea harvesting method using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,346, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Multilayer cornea harvesting apparatus and cornea harvesting method using same" was invented by Dong Jin Chang (Seoul, South Korea) and Hosik Hwang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer cornea harvesting apparatus capable of obtaining layers of cornea from one cornea enucleation object and a cornea harvesting method is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base supported on a bottom surface, a mount detachably coupled to the base, allowing a cornea enucleation object to be pl...