US Patent Issued to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION on Feb. 17 for "Punching-type iridotomy instrument" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,374, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Jinju-si, South Korea) and KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Punching-type iridotomy instrument" was invented by Seong Jae Kim (Jinju-si, South Korea) and Youngsub Eom (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a punching-type iridotomy instrument including a grip manipulation part configured to be manipulated to be opened or closed by a user while being held by the user's hand, an extension shaft extending from the grip manipulation part, and a punching operating ...