US Patent Issued to Alcon on July 21 for "Laser vitrectomy and bleeding cessation tool" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,670, issued on July 21, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Laser vitrectomy and bleeding cessation tool" was invented by Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes a base unit and a probe. The probe is disposed through an opening in a distal end of the base unit. The probe includes a port formed proximate to a distal tip of the probe. The distal tip includes a window, a lumen formed through the probe, and one or more optical fibers disposed in the lumen. The one or more optical fibers project a ...