US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army on Dec. 30 for "Surrogate human eye model" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,016, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Ft. Detrick, Md.).

"Surrogate human eye model" was invented by Michael K. Smolek (Pearl River, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surrogate human model eye, comprising: (a) a gelatin core; (b) a sclera; (c) an anterior chamber; (d) a posterior chamber; (e) a cornea; (f) an optic nerve and (g) an outer shell structure based on a hydrogel matrix, wherein said surrogate human model eye is made from a silicone-based master mold and dimensioned for replacement of postmortem ocular tissue and practice in blast researc...