ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,477, issued on April 14, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany).
"Artificial eye lens" was invented by Benjamin Schreiber (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye lens having a front lens element and a rear lens element, which each have a positive optical power and an optical region, and an intermediate element, which is connected to the lens elements outside the optical regions so that the lens elements and the intermediate element form a cavity. The eye lens allows the width of an access incision necessary for implantation to be reduced. The eye lens includes the lens elements and the intermediate element that ...