US Patent Issued on March 17 for "Device and method for treatment of retinal detachment and other maladies of the eye" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,969, issued on March 17.

"Device and method for treatment of retinal detachment and other maladies of the eye" was invented by Ira H. Schachar (La Jolla, Calif.) and Ronald A. Schachar (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a device for effecting deformation of a sclera of an eye, including an expandable, mesh tube having holes dispersed through an entire surface thereof and with first and second tapered ends, and inserted unexpanded to deform the sclera when expanded. A central portion is intrascleral, with the first and second tapered ends external to the sclera on top of an intact scleral ...