ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,883, issued on May 13, was assigned to ICARE FINLAND OY (Vantaa, Finland).
"Apparatus and system for administering drugs onto ocular surface" was invented by Mika Salkola (Espoo, Finland) and Juha Paallysaho (Vantaa, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for administering a drug onto an ocular surface of a subject, the apparatus including a probe holding means for holding a probe within the apparatus. The probe has a first part being made of a bio-compatible material, and a second part being made of a magnetic material, the first part having a proximal end connected to the second part and a distal end opposite to the pr...