US Patent Issued to Vincent Yau Wing Lee on Jan. 20 for "Intraocular lens clip and method of fixing intraocular lens" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,661, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Vincent Yau Wing Lee (Pokfulam, Hong Kong).

"Intraocular lens clip and method of fixing intraocular lens" was invented by Audrey Lee (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), Annabelle Lee (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), Vincent Yau Wing Lee (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and Dennis Shun Chiu Lam (Central, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses an intraocular lens (IOL) clip for fixing an IOL to the sclera of an eye. The IOL clip includes a first arm, a second arm opposing the first arm and a portion joining the first arm and the second arm. The IOL clip has an open state in which an IOL haptic can be ...