ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,507, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Viscoelastic soft tip plunger" was invented by Mark Andrew Zielke (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) assembly into an eye may be provided. An apparatus for delivery of a lens component into an eye may include a housing. The apparatus may further include a plunger at least partially disposed in the housing, wherein the housing comprises an elongated portion and a viscoelastic soft tip at a distal end of the elongated portion, wherein the viscoelastic soft tip has a storage mo...