ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,669, issued on July 21, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Reduced vibration vitrectomy probe" was invented by Nathaniel Reyes (Santa Ana, Calif.) and John R. Underwood (Laguna Nigel, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vitrectomy probe with combined vibration dampening and attenuating. The probe may include a variety of features to lessen the vibrations felt by a surgeon during a vitrectomy procedure. These may include minimizing the degree of flow restriction through a housing that facilitates cutter reciprocation by way of air pressure. Further, utilizing softer stops at a diaphragm that drives the cutter rec...