US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision on June 9 for "Two piece ultrasonic welded fluid manifold with two shot over molded irrigation and aspiration valve and vacuum chamber diaphragm" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,873, issued on June 9, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Two piece ultrasonic welded fluid manifold with two shot over molded irrigation and aspiration valve and vacuum chamber diaphragm" was invented by Mark W. Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical cassette for use with a phacoemulsification system having a front housing; and a fluid manifold having an at least partially unibody construction and being removably coupled to at least the front housing. The fluid manifold having molded fluid channels. A surgical system, having a console, a handpiece, and a cassette that...