ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,970, issued on March 17.
"Multifunction ophthalmic blade" was invented by John Morgan Micheletti (Sugar Land, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic instrument includes a blade laterally symmetric about a longitudinal axis with a first triangular portion having first opposed cutting edges and a first longitudinal length extending from an anterior tip to a first position, the first position having a first width, a second portion having parallel second edges and a second longitudinal length extending from the first position to a second position, and a third portion having third opposed cutting edges and a third longitudina...