ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,113, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to IOLUTION GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Injector for an intraocular lens" was invented by Christoph Maroscheck (Hamburg, Germany), Thomas Zehnder (Zug, Austria) and Maximiliano Gutierrez (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injector for an intraocular lens includes a housing with a cannula, a receiving chamber for the intraocular lens, and a plunger that can be moved within the housing. The plunger is adapted to move the intraocular lens out of the receiving chamber and through the cannula. The injector includes a rotary element for moving the plunger. The rotary element is mounted ...