ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,475, issued on April 14, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Accommodating intraocular lenses and methods of manufacturing" was invented by Daniel Hildebrand (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Terah Whiting Smiley (Davis, Calif.), Nathan Lewis (San Jose, Calif.) and Robert Demitri Angelopoulos (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraocular lens is disclosed that includes an optic body with a projection extending radially outwards from a peripheral surface of the optic body. The projection comprises a haptic contact surface facing radially outward, wherein the entire haptic contact surface is a flat surface. A ha...