ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,415, issued on Sept. 29.
"Lateral canthotomy and cantholysis simulation device" was invented by Stuart C. Segall (La Jolla, Calif.), Kit Lavell (San Diego) and Aislinn Brody (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward a device for training emergency eye surgery such as lateral canthotomy and cantholysis training. Features of the device may include a simulated eye, a base configured to receive the simulated eye, a simulated skin, an eye displacer, and/or a simulated tendon. The simulated skin is configured to attach to the base and at least partially cover the simulated eye, the sim...