US Patent Issued to Alcon on Jan. 20 for "Extendible implement from within a stiffening sleeve and tool body end" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,689, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Extendible implement from within a stiffening sleeve and tool body end" was invented by Reto Gruebler (Greifensee, Switzerland) and Klaus Dorawa (Kiel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool for eye surgery that utilizes a stiffening sleeve and employs a needle of extendible reach. The reach off the needle into the eye is dynamically adjustable by forcible interaction between the stiffening sleeve and a cannula at an outer location of a patient's eye. An end of the tool may retract to facilitate extension of the needle for added reach. Additi...