US Patent Issued to Avisi Technologies on May 12 for "Insertion tool for an eye disease treatment device" (California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,811, issued on May 12, was assigned to Avisi Technologies Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Insertion tool for an eye disease treatment device" was invented by Rui Jing Jiang (Lexington, Mass.), Brandon Kao (Placentia, Calif.), Georgia Griggs (Philadelphia) and Michael Yates (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are insertion tools for inserting a treatment device into a pocket formed between conjunctival tissue and scleral tissue for treating high intraocular pressure and glaucoma. An insertion tool (800) includes a scissoring mechanism or an expandable mechanism that is configured to expand a pocket forme...