US Patent Issued to Alcon on Dec. 16 for "Retractable cap actuation for an intraocular lens cartridge" (Texas, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,188, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Retractable cap actuation for an intraocular lens cartridge" was invented by Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, Texas), Todd Taber (Keller, Texas), Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, Texas), Douglas Brent Wensrich (Bedford, Texas), Sam Jang (Woodbury, Minn.) and Chris Pinkham (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for removably attaching a drive mechanism handpiece to an intraocular lens (IOL) cartridge that folds the IOL upon retraction of a cap, are provided. The IOL cartridge comprises a nozzle and a compartment configured to rece...