US Patent Issued to Alcon, The Regents of the University of Colorado on Sept. 22 for "Intraocular lens designs for improved stability" (Minnesota, Colorado, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,857, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland) and The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver).

"Intraocular lens designs for improved stability" was invented by Malik Y. Kahook (Denver), Glenn Sussman (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Rudolph F. Zacher (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Paul J. McLean (North Oaks, Minn.) and Robert E. Atkinson (Lake Elmo, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intraocular lenses (IOLs) that improve lens stability by, for example, increasing anterior-posterior stiffness of the IOL, increasing anterior-posterior dimensions of the IOL and/or increasing contact area with the equator of the ...