US Patent Issued to Alcon on Oct. 6 for "Devices for scleral depression" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,707, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Devices for scleral depression" was invented by Razek G. Coussa (Oklahoma City), Reto Gruebler (Greifensee, Switzerland) and Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a device for performing scleral depression. The device can include a ring and one or more arms protruding from the ring. The ring can define an opening over an eye and include a handle protruding away from the one or more arms. The opening can have a diameter that is at least 6 to 8 millimeters (mm) long. The one or more arms can be configured to be dis...