ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,215, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Soft tip plunger" was invented by Paul Heckler II (Irvine, Calif.), Kathryn Jensen (Sugar Land, Texas), Matthew Douglas McCawley (San Clemente, Calif.), Chris Renner (Irvine, Calif.), Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, Texas) and Todd Taber (Keller, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye, may be provided. An apparatus includes a plunger and a plunger tip. The plunger tip includes a dimple positioned at a distal end of the plunger tip. The plunger tip further includes a pocket in fluid c...