ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,334, issued on Feb. 17.
"Surgical implant delivery with lockable plunger" was invented by Harlen Hoang (Fort Worth, Texas), Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, Texas), R. Mitchell Sherry (Fort Worth, Texas) and Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for eye surgery comprising a housing comprising a key track, a bore through the housing, a plunger at least partially disposed in the bore, and a plunger key. The plunger may comprise a rail and a keyway, and the plunger key may comprise a key guide coupled to the key track, an arm coupled to the key guide, and a rail slot through the arm. The arm may be dispose...