ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,261, issued on June 23, was assigned to INNOLCON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Phacoemulsification handle with sensor and surge control system and method" was invented by Zhongyu Yan (Irvine, Calif.), Chunjie Cheng (Jiangsu, China), Fuyuan Wang (Jiangsu, China), Zhenzhong Liu (Jiangsu, China), Hui Wang (Jiangsu, China) and Wei Luo (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic phacoemulsification handpiece with a sensor and a surge control system and a method. The central aspiration lumen of the ultrasonic phacoemulsification handpiece consists of two components of plug-in loose fit: a fixed lu...