ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,549, issued on March 24, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Vitrectomy probe with magnetically driven cutter" was invented by Nathaniel Reyes (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vitrectomy probe includes a probe body and a needle portion projecting from the probe body. The needle portion includes a tube which extends at least partially in the needle portion and at least partially in the probe body. A cutter is positioned inside the tube in the needle portion. The cutter is at least partially composed of a permanently magnetic material. A field-creation unit is adapted to create an induced magnetic f...