US Patent Issued to Alcon on Oct. 20 for "Intraocular lens having a haptic structure with a streamlined cross-sectional geometry" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,992, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Intraocular lens having a haptic structure with a streamlined cross-sectional geometry" was invented by Jian Liu (Keller, Texas) and Stephen J. Van Noy (Southlake, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic device includes an optic and a haptic structure coupled with the optic. The optic includes an optic axis. The haptic structure is coupled to the optic. The haptic structure retains the ophthalmic device within a capsular bag of a patient's eye. At least a portion of the haptic structure has a cross-section and a peripheral surface forming an outer...