ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,854, issued on Sept. 22.
"Lamellar corneal autologous or homologous graft in refractive surgery" was invented by Gholam A. Peyman (Sun City, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of lamellar corneal graft implantation is disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the method includes the steps of: (i) modifying a genetic component of a lamellar cornea or other tissue of an animal so that the lamellar cornea or other tissue of the animal can be used for human transplantation; (ii) decellularizing the lamellar cornea or other tissue ex vivo using chemical means; (iii) modifying a shape of the lamellar cornea or other tissue ...