US Patent Issued to JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION on June 30 for "Intraocular lens delivery system packaging" (Puerto Rico, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,457, issued on June 30, was assigned to JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION INC. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Intraocular lens delivery system packaging" was invented by Yasemar Perez (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) and Rodney Patch (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sterile packaging for an intraocular lens (IOL) delivery system includes a sealed container with an IOL delivery system contained therein, with a cap sealing the container. One or more tamper-evident solutions are provided on the packaging to ensure an indication of non-sterility. This configuration solves certain issues with prior packaging, such as clumsy transfers and bu...