US Patent Issued to Alcon on Sept. 29 for "Ocular implants and methods for delivering ocular implants into the eye" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,153, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Ocular implants and methods for delivering ocular implants into the eye" was invented by John Wardle (San Clemente, Calif.), Andrew Thomas Schieber (Tustin, Calif.) and Kenneth M. Galt (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ocular implant is provided. In some embodiments, the ocular implant includes a body that is curved about a longitudinal central axis and a distal body portion that defines a longitudinal channel including a channel opening. The implant is sized and configured such that the ocular implant assumes an orientation in which ...